Ronald Reagan quotes
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
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We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
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We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
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Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
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I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
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If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.
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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, 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.
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The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
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I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.
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I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
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Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
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As government expands, liberty contracts.
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Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
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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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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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Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
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I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?