Ronald Reagan actually said...

The best thing government can do for a free people is get its hands out of their pockets and get out of their way.

Remarks at the 1988 Reagan Administration Executive Forum

01/18/1988

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Trust the people—put the facts before them, then trust the people.

America astonished the world.

Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator and change has enemies.

There's a way to overcome those enemies, and once again, that's by getting the American people to come through.