Ronald Reagan Quotes
American actor and politician, who became 33rd Governor of California and 40th President of the United States
(1911 - 2004)
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...I know it's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here to drain the swamp.
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...there is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
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A bird on a tether, no matter how long the rope, can always be pulled back.
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A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
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A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane, and smells like Cheetah
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A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets tough.
[Leadership]
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.
[Free]
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A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
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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.
[Above]
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Admittedly, there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face.
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All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
[America]
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All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital -- ancient king, dictator, or private individual. We should properly be looking at the contrast between a free market system where individuals have the right to live like kings if they have the ability to earn that right and government control of the market system such as we find today in socialist nations.
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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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America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up. Audiences for religious books and broadcasts are growing. And I do believe that he has begun to heal our blessed land.
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America is too great for small dreams.
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America represents something universal in the human spirit. I received a letter not long ago from a man who said, 'You can go to Japan to live, but you cannot become Japanese. You can go to France to live and not become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey, and you won't become a German or a Turk.' But then he added, 'Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American.'
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America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety. I recognize we must be cautious in claiming that God is on our side, but I think it's all right to keep asking if we're on His side.
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An actor knows two important things -- to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either.
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An economist is someone who sees something that works in practice and wonders if it would work in theory.
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