Quotes

Reagan on Government, and Voluntarism

“Our cultural institutions are an essential national resource; they must be kept strong.”

May 6, 1981

“am naming this Task Force because of my deep concern for the arts and humanities in America. Our cultural institutions are an essential national resource; they must be kept strong. While I believe firmly that the Federal Government must reduce its spending, I am nevertheless sympathetic to the very real needs of our cultural organizations and hope the Task Force will deliver to my desk by Labor Day a plan to make better use of existing Federal resources and to increase the support for the arts and humanities by the private sector”

— statement on the Establishment of the Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities