Quotes

Reagan on Free Enterprise

“Without economic liberty, political freedom may be no more than a shadow.”

December 12, 1986

“Well, they understood that private property -- those Founding Fathers of ours -- is one of the most important of civil rights, the most fundamental protection of the individual and the family against the excessive and always growing demands of the state. They knew that without economic liberty, political freedom may be no more than a shadow. In the last 20 years we've witnessed an expansion and strengthening of many of our civil liberties, but our economic liberties have all too often been neglected and abused.”

— Remarks at a White House Briefing for the American Legislative Exchange Council