The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan –
12
1. Our
government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to
check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown
beyond the consent of the governed.
2. All of us
need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states. The
States created the federal government.
3. All of us
should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution
comprised of buildings, files, and paper. The people are the government. What
we create we ought to be able to control.
4. I can’t help
thinking, while much of the 20th Century saw the rise of the federal
government; the 21st Century will be the century of the states.
5. I have
always believed that America is strongest and freest and happiest when it is
truest to the wisdom of its founders.
6. The explorers
of the modern era are the entrepreneurs. Men with vision; with the courage to
take risks, and faith enough to brave the unknown.
7. And on my
way to the hall, a fellow recognized me and asked me what I was doing in Las
Vegas. And I told him what I was there for. And he said ‘What are a bunch of
farmers doing in a place like Las Vegas?’ And I couldn't resist. I said,
‘Buster, they’re in a business that makes a Las Vegas crap table look like a
guaranteed annual income.’
Thank
you for reading and reflecting on today’s nuggets. Share them with others.
We make a living by what we get;
we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.
Be blessed and be a
blessing to others.
Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx
Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being
a Great Follower)
Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple
Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy
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