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Firsts Quotes by Ronald Reagan

39 Firsts quotes by Ronald Reagan

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When Reagan reflected on first steps, his words carried the optimism of a nation ready to move forward. This selection gathers his most memorable remarks about starting fresh, offering a glimpse into the mindset of a leader who valued progress and courage.

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I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.

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Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.

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The most confident person in any transaction ALWAYS introduces themselves first.

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For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ.

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Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

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Well, I would - if they realized that we - again if - if we led them back to that stalemate only…

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Generations hence, parents will take their children to these woods to show them how the land must have looked to the first…

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Shouldn't someone tag Mr. Kennedy's bold new imaginative program with its proper age? Under the tousled boyish haircut is still old Karl…

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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 woman waiting for him in the Kremlin asked Gobachev] "Was communism invented by a politician or a scientist?" [He replied] "Well,…

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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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During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet…

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I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children;…

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Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals…

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I think all of us are agreed that war is probably man's greatest stupidity and I think peace is the dream that…

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To many of us now, computers, silicon chips, data processing, cybernetics, and all the other innovations of the dawning high technology age…

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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…

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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 pursuit of science, the study of the great works, the value of free inquiry, in short, the very idea of living…

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Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.…

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The doctor begins to lose freedoms; it's like telling a lie, and one leads to another. First you decide that the doctor…

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I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it.…

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When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a…

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Were not cutting the budget simply for the sake of sounder financial management. This is only a first step toward returning power…

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I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and…

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Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of…

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We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first…

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The fourth landing of the Columbia is the historical equivalent of the driving of the golden spike which completed the first transcontinental…

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The First Continental Congress made its first act a prayer, the beginning of a great tradition. We have then a lesson from…

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More than any gift or toy, ornament of tree, let us resolve that this Christmas shall be, like that first Christmas, a…

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To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life,…

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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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Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that…

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There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted,…

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I just have to believe that with love for our natural heritage and a firm resolve to preserve it with wisdom and…

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It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and…

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You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on…

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Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute. The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who…

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The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion…

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

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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…

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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…

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

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

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

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

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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,…

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Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

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

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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…

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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. Whether our…

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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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It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

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

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