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By Ronald Reagan
We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Reagan's first inaugural address, January 20, 1981, where he takes inventory of the country's system and strengths. The next sentence is: Our government has no power except that granted it by the people.