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Ronald Reagan Quotes
A baby is an
alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at
the other.
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A people free to
choose will always choose peace.
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Abortion is
advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
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Above all, we must
realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is
so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It
is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
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All great change
in America begins at the dinner table.
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All the waste in a
year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
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Approximately 80%
of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so
let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission
standards from man-made sources.
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Before I refuse to
take your questions, I have an opening statement.
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But there are
advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I
had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
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Concentrated power
has always been the enemy of liberty.
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Don't be afraid to
see what you see.
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Double, no triple,
our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on
earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble
cause.
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Entrepreneurs and
their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic
growth in the United States.
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Facts are stubborn
things.
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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.
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Freedom prospers
when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
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Going to college
offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
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Government always
finds a need for whatever money it gets.
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Government does
not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
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Government is like
a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense
of responsibility at the other.
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Government's first
duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
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Government's view
of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves,
tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it.
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Governments tend
not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
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History teaches
that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is
cheap.
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How can a
president not be an actor?
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How do you tell a
communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you
tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
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I am not worried
about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
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I call upon the
scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons,
to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world
peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent
and obsolete.
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I couldn't help
but say to Mr. Gorbachev just think how easy his task and mine might be
in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this
world from another planet. We'd find out once and for all that we
really are all human beings here on this earth together.
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I favor the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
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I have left orders
to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm
in a cabinet meeting.
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I have wondered at
times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run
them through the US Congress.
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I know I'm not in
government anymore. In fact I'm out of work.
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I know in my heart
that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
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I never drink
coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
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I will stand on,
and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they
are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then
slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.
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I'm not worried
about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
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I've never been
able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a
Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a
'public-spirited philanthropist'.
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I've often said
there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a
horse.
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If the federal
government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to
this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an
environmental impact statement.
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If we love our
country, we should also love our countrymen.
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If you've seen one
redwood, you've seen them all.
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In Israel, free
men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and
faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new
country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a
land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
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Inflation is as
violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as
a hit man.
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Information is the
oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed
wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
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It has been said
that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it
bears a striking resemblance to the first.
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It's difficult to
believe that people are still starving in this country because food
isn't available.
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