Quotes

Reagan on Free Enterprise

“We came to Washington with a pledge to make a new beginning by putting more power, earnings, and decisions back in your hands.”

October 13, 1984

“We came to Washington with a pledge to make a new beginning by putting more power, earnings, and decisions back in your hands. That's why we passed the first tax rate reduction for everyone since President John Kennedy's program 20 years ago. And it's no coincidence that once those tax cuts took hold, the American economy woke up with a roar from years of economic slumber.”

— Radio Address to the Nation on the Presidential Campaign