Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

Ronald Reagan

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Welfare Safety net American politics

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

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The Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Reagan, Ronald. Interview. Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 1970.

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Back then, government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan
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You've gotta remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know—morons.

Gene Wilder

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English
Time
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Blazing Saddles. Directed by Mel Brooks, Crossbow Productions, 1974.

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But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address

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Abraham Lincoln
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Gettysburg Address
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Language
English
Time
1863 1860s 19th century
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Gettysburg Address." At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 19 Nov. 1863, Gettysburg, PA, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.