Problem:
This is the issue of this election, whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."- Ronald Reagan, "A Time for Choosing" Reagan made this statement to support the policies of the New Deal. to oppose the power of the federal government. to oppose local government. to call for more federal regulations.