Was Reagan's approach to government too limited?
Some people felt that my vision of a smaller government was too much. But I truly believed that government, at its best, is a servant, not a master. When government gets too big, it tends to stifle the very freedoms and opportunities it's meant to protect. My famous line, 'Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,' really captured that sentiment. It wasn't about abandoning responsibility, but about empowering individuals and communities to solve their own problems, rather than relying on a distant bureaucracy. It's about trust in the American people.
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