  You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right.
There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. " -Ronald Reagan -October 27, 1964 Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
- Ronald Reagan It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. -Ronald Reagan -First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981 Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! - Ronald Reagan -Speech near the Berlin Wall, 1987 
