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Ronald Reagan believes that widespread property ownership fuels personal liberty. He praises the WPA for putting people to work building roads and bridges, and criticizes wasteful government programs and high taxes. He argues that deficits are cut by controlling spending and encouraging trade, not by raising taxes on the people.

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People do not make wars; governments do.

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Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

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Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people

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Without a vision the people perish.

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We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.

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A people free to choose will always choose peace.

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People don't start wars, governments do.

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Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?"

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We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.

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People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.

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I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told.

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I, for one, resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me, the free men and women of…

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If there's one thing the American people aren't lacking, it is courage.

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Economists are people who wonder if what works in reality can also work in theory.

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Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

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The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

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Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document…

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Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which…

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We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core…

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A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to…

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What has happened to the dreams of the United Nations' founders? What has happened to the spirit which created the United Nations?…

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Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility…

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The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to…

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For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of…

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The people of Central America - and, in a broader sense, the entire developing world - need to know first-hand that freedom…

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The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.…

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The United States remains the last best hope for a mankind plagued by tyranny and deprivation. America is no stronger than its…

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The Democrats say that the United States has had its days in the sun, that our nation has passed its zenith. They…

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There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall…

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We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long…

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We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We…

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One day, a pretty, fresh-faced young lady - intelligent and sincerely concerned - asked me if abortion wasn't preferable to making a…

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I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our…

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We must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral…

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I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people…

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It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley…

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We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us…

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We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not…

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Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words:…

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Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation…

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You…

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in…

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be…

The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges,…

Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.…

A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the…

On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilitie s and joys of fatherhood. Whether our…

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

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Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.