Quotes

Reagan on America

“It's important for a President to get away from Washington every so often -- away from the special interests and big government mentality, out among the people that don't believe that government is the only industry in the world.”

August 12, 1986

“It's important for a President to get away from Washington every so often -- away from the special interests and big government mentality, out among the people that don't believe that government is the only industry in the world. And there's no better way to experience the true America than to visit a State fair -- the happy, expectant faces of the 4H-ers and Future Farmers of America, that I just spoke to a few minutes ago, and the sight of so many families enjoying themselves together. It puts me in touch with the basic American values of faith and family that we're working so hard back in Washington to defend.”

— Remarks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield