“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem. Ronald Reagan, 1985
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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. Saturday Evening Post, 1965
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“Trust, but verify“
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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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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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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
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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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"Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose."
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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
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"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."
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"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."
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"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
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"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
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"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
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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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"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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"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.
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"A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. If you practice a religion, whether you're Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or guided by some other faith, then your private life will be influenced by a sense of moral obligation, and so, too, will your public life. One affects the other. The churches of America do not exist by the grace of the state; the churches of America are not mere citizens of the state. The churches of America exist apart; they have their own vantage point; their own authority. Religion is its own realm; it makes its own claims. We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. We command no worship. We mandate no belief. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave it bereft of belief. All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief, to apply moral teaching to public questions“
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The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
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Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
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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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My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.Ronald Reagan, Said during a radio microphone test, 1984
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