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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan says that liberty grows when many people own property and expect to shape their own lives. He argues that fairness means the government should not raise taxes on families struggling to pay bills. He also believes that a wall cannot stand against freedom, truth, or faith.

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American actor and politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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About Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American actor and politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became a key figure in the American conservative movement, and the period of his presidency is often called the Reagan era.

Quotes by Ronald Reagan

Please tell me you're Republicans.

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I doubt evolution is real.

Biology

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I'm not smart enough to lie

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People do not make wars; governments do.

Governments

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I hope you're all Republicans.

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“I picture is worth 1000 denials.”

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America is too great for small dreams.

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If not us, who? And if not now, when?

Cold

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Even now I wonder what I might have accomplished if I'd studied harder

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Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

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If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

Adults

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Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Depression

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Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

Freedom

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The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.

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I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar.

Doctors

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

Country

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“Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.”

Character

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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.

Civil service

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For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the…

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Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

Centralized government

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The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

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We will never recognize the true value of our own lives until we affirm the value in the life of others.

Life

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From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

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Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Democracy

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Yes, the deficit doctors have their scalpels out all right, but they're not poised over the budget. That's as fat as ever…

Budgets

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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…

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The work of volunteer groups throughout our country represents the very heart and soul of America. They have helped make this the…

America

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Die-hard conservatives thought that if I couldn't get everything I asked for, I should jump off the cliff with the flag flying-go…

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I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state... But both theories fail.…

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In 1939 Winston Churchill, describing the 5000-mile peaceful border dividing Canada and the United States, said, 'That long frontier from the Atlantic…

Border

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I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect…

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There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I…

Care

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I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression. And I can remember…

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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…

America

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Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a…

Church

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Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic…

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Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children…

American spirit

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

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In my eighty years, I prefer to call that the forty-first anniversary of my thirty ninth birthday, I've seen what men can…

Anniversary

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Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behind secure and defensible borders; and it has a right to demand…

Army

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Ronald Reagan by topic

Politics (276) Government (202) Freedom (168) People (167) America (123) World (115) Inspirational (95) War (86) Men (86) Nations (82) Time (72) Liberty (63) Peace (62) Country (62) Religion (60)