Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [741-760] of 1002 Responsibility quotesResponsibility QuotesResponsibility Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.~ Ronald Reagan For too long, the world was paralyzed by the argument that terrorism could not be stopped until the grievances of terrorists were addressed. The complicated and heartrending issues that perplex mankind are no excuse for violent, inhumane attacks, nor do they excuse not taking aggressive action against those who deliberately slaughter innocent people.~ Ronald Reagan I just wanted to speak to you about something from the Internal Revenue Code. It is the last sentence of section 509A of the code and it reads: 'For purposes of paragraph 3, an organization described in paragraph 2 shall be deemed to include an organization described in section 501C-4, 5, or 6, which would be described in paragraph 2 if it were an organization described in section 501C-3.' And that's just one sentence out of those fifty-seven feet of books.~ Ronald Reagan When the socialist economies of Eastern Europe disintegrated, the cause was evident to nearly everyone: the stifling directives of central planning had all but obliterated individual initiative and accountability. The cure was just as obvious: a healthy dose of entrepreneurship and private enterprise.~ Dr. Lawrence W. Reed One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.~ Thomas B. Reed Congress is extraordinarily reluctant to inject itself into foreign policy. It has dumped entirely its constitutional duty for money onto a central bank, and for trade, onto the executive branch. It seems to never know what the CIA and other intelligence agencies are doing. Like the Romans, they no longer talk of the republic or liberty. And like the Romans, the American people, or most of them anyway, don’t seem to care. ... Like the Romans, we no longer have a citizen army but professional legions, and whether they wear jackboots or not, some federal officers seem to regard Americans with about the same compassion as the Praetorian Guard had for the plebes. As in Rome, the air is full of suspicion, intrigues and conspiracies, real or imagined, and the air reeks of greed and opportunism. As those on the Tiber, the rulers on the Potomac have grown suspicious of the people, don’t trust them and, in some cases fear them. And, as in Rome, they grovel in luxury while taking 40 cents on the dollar out of the sweat of working people to pay for corn and circuses to keep the mob satisfied. ~ Charley Reese It is both illogical and inconsistent for a government to say people have a right to life and a right to self-defense but no right to own the tools necessary to defend their lives. It is illogical for a government that says its police have no obligation to provide individual protection to deny people the means to protect themselves. It is immoral for a government that repeatedly releases predators to prey on people to tell those victims they cannot have a weapon for self-defense. It’s stupid for a government that can’t control criminals, drugs or illegal immigrants to claim it can take guns away from criminals only if honest folks will give up theirs. Gun-control proposals are also an insult. Gun control by definition affects only honest people. When a politician tells you he wants to forbid you from owning a firearm or force you to get a license, he is telling you he doesn’t trust you. That’s an insult. The government trusted me with a M-48 tank and assorted small arms when it claimed to have need of my services. It trusts common Americans with all kinds of arms when it wants them to go kill foreigners somewhere—usually for the financial benefit of some corporations. But when the men and women take off their uniforms and return to their homes and assume responsibility for their own and their families’ safety, suddenly the politicians don’t trust them to own a gun. This is pure elitism. . . . Gun control is not about guns or crime. It is about an elite that fears and despises the common people.~ Charley Reese If the people will lead, eventually the leaders will follow.~ Florence Robinson I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.~ John D. Rockefeller, Jr. I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.~ John D. Rockefeller, Jr. If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't been in bed with a mosquito.~ Anita Roddick Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.~ Will Rogers The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.~ Will Rogers The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.~ Will Rogers There is good news from Washington today. The Congress is deadlocked and can't act.~ Will Rogers It will take America fifteen years of steady taking care of our own business and letting everybody else's alone, to get us back to where everybody speaks to us again.~ Will Rogers A Country can get more real joy out of just Hollering for their Freedom than they can if they get it.~ Will Rogers I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.~ Will Rogers Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth; it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy that can provide employment for everyone able and willing to work.~ Felix Rohatyn The things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice as difficult as it originally was.~ Eleanor Roosevelt Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print