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Reagan on Government

As government expands, liberty contracts.

January 11, 1989

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

Excerpted from Farewell Address to the Nation

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