Ronald Reagan actually said...

We don't face large deficits because Americans aren't taxed enough; we face large deficits because government spends too much.

Remarks to Members of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

12/07/1983

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Let no one doubt our resolve.

Today free enterprise is propelling us into a new technological era.

We must see to it that adoption is a readily available alternative.

The notion that government controls, central planning, and bureaucracy can provide cost-free prosperity has now come and gone.