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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by Ronald Reagan
“We are a nation that has a government--not the other way around”
First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, "let us take inventory" paragraph (Avalon Project (GPO inaugural text))
Introduces the argument that government holds only the powers granted by the people.
Citation: "We are a nation that has a government--not the other way around" — Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, "let us take inventory" paragraph (Avalon Project (GPO inaugural text)). (id reagan-first-inaugural-address-q6)
