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A Nuclear War Cannot Be Won And Must Never Be Fought. The Only Value In Our Two Nations Possessing Nuclear Weapons Is To Make Sure They Will Never Be Used. But Then Would It Not Be Better To Do Away With Them Entirely?

-Ronald Reagan

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A Nuclear War Cannot

Ronald Reagan

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A Nuclear War Cannot Be Won And Must Never Be Fought. The Only Value In Our Two Nations Possessing Nuclear Weapons Is To Make Sure They Will Never Be Used. But Then Would It Not Be Better To Do Away With Them Entirely?

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A Bird On A Tether, No Matter How Long The Rope, Can Always Be Pulled Back.

Education Is Not The Means Of Showing People How To Get What They Want. Education Is An Exercise By Means Of Which Enough Men, It Is Hoped, Will Learn To Want What Is Worth Having.

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There Is Purpose And Worth To Each And Every Life.

America Has Not Been A Story Or A Byword. That Small Community Of Pilgrims Prospered And, Driven By The Dreams And, Yes, By The Ideas Of The Founding Fathers, Went On To Become A Beacon To All The Oppressed And Poor Of The World.

Fascism Was Really The Basis For The New Deal. It Was Mussolini's Success In Italy, With His Government-directed Economy, That Led The Early New Dealers To Say "but Mussolini Keeps The Trains Running On Time.

For Too Long, Too Many People Dependent On Social Security Have Been Cruelly Frightened By Individuals Seeking Political Gain Through Demagoguery And Outright Falsehood, And This Must Stop.

Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look.

More Than Any Gift Or Toy, Ornament Of Tree, Let Us Resolve That This Christmas Shall Be, Like That First Christmas, A Celebration Of Interior Treasures.

When Liberals Say 'family', They Mean 'big Brother In Washington.' When We Say 'family,' We Mean 'honor Thy Father And Mother.'

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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.

Human Beings Are Not Animals, And I Do Not Want To See Sex And Sexual Differences Treated As Casually And Amorally As Dogs And Other Beasts Treat Them. I Believe This Could Happen Under The Era.

I've Been Told That Some Members Of Congress Disagree With My Tax Cut Proposal. Well, You Know It's Been Said That Taxation Is The Art Of Plucking Feathers Without Killing The Bird. It's Time They Realized The Bird Just Doesn't Have Any Feathers Left.

Throughout Our History Americans Have Put Their Faith In God And No One Can Doubt That We Have Been Blessed For It. The Earliest Settlers Of This Land Came Came In Search Of Religious Freedom. Landing On A Desolate Shoreline, They Established A Spiritual Foundation That Has Served Us Ever Since.

I Believe In A Sound, Strong Environmental Policy That Protects The Health Of Our People And A Wise Stewardship Of Our Nation's Natural Resources.

Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago? One Of My Favorite Quotes Is It Easier For You To Go And Buy Things In The Stores ... Is There More Or Less Unemployment?

Don't Be Afraid To See What You See.

I'm Not Smart Enough To Lie

A Nation That Cannot Control Its Borders Is Not A Nation.

I Believe That Communism Is Another Sad, Bizarre Chapter In Human History Whose Last Pages Even Now Are Being Written. I Believe This Because The Source Of Our Strength In The Quest For Human Freedom Is Not Material, But Spiritual. And Because It Knows No Limitation, It Must Terrify And Ultimately Triumph Over Those Who Would Enslave Their Fellow Men.

If The Federal Government Had Been Around When The Creator Was Putting His Hand To This State, Indiana Wouldn't Be Here. It'd Still Be Waiting For An Environmental Impact Statement.

An Old Russian Woman Goes Into Kremlin, Gets An Audience With Mikhail Gorbachev And Says, In America Anyone Can Go To The White House, Walk Up To Reagan's Desk And Say, 'i Don't Like The Way You Are Running The Country.' Gorbachev Replied, You Can Do The Same Thing In The Soviet Union. You Can Go Into The Kremlin, Walk Up To My Desk And Say 'i Don't Like The Way Reagan Is Running His Country.'

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Many A Man Has Failed Because He Had His Wishbone Where His Backbone Should Have Been.

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Piling Up Material Goods Cannot Fill The Emptiness Of Lives Which Have No Confidence Or Purpose.

Inspirational Life

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Trains Are Not Any More Energy Efficient Than The Average Automobile, With Both Getting About 48 Passenger Miles To The Gallon.

There Are Some Who've Forgotten Why We Have A Military. It's Not To Promote War, It's To Be Prepared For Peace.

When We Speak Of Peace, We Should Not Mean Just The Absence Of War. True Peace Rests On The Pillars Of Individual Freedom, Human Rights, National Self-determination, And Respect For The Rule Of Law.

I Think, Too, That We've Got To Recognize That Where The Preservation Of A Natural Resource Like The Redwoods Is Concerned, That There Is A Common Sense Limit. I Mean, If You've Looked At A Hundred Thousand Acres Or So Of Trees-you Know, A Tree Is A Tree, How Many More Do You Need To Look At? Opposing Expansion Of Redwood National Park.

We Should Never Fear To Negotiate, Nor Negotiate From Fear.

There Can Be No Greater Good Than The Quest For Peace, And No Finer Purpose Than The Preservation Of Freedom.

If You Owe The Bank $10,000 You Have A Problem. If You Owe The Bank $10,000,000 They Have A Problem. After All Is Said And Done, More Is Said Than Done. Government Does Not Solve Problems; It Subsidizes Them.

Common Sense Told Us That To Preserve The Peace, We'd Have To Become Strong Again After Years Of Weakness And Confusion. So, We Rebuilt Our Defenses, And This New Year We Toasted The New Peacefulness Around The Globe. Not Only Have The Superpowers Actually Begun To Reduce Their Stockpiles Of Nuclear Weapons...but The Regional Conflicts That Rack The Globe Are Also Beginning To Cease.

I Looked Out The Window And Saw This White Light.it Was Zigzagging Around. I Went Up To The Pilot And Said,have You Ever Seen Anything Like That? He Was Shocked And He Said, "nope." And I Said To Him: "let's Follow It!" We Followed It For Several Minutes. It Was A Bright White Light.we Followed It To Bakersfield, And All Of A Sudden To Our Utter Amazement It Went Straight Up Into The Heavens. When I Got Off The Plane I Told Nancy All About It.

We're Told About A Woman's Right To Control Her Own Body. But Doesn't The Unborn Child Have A Higher Right, And That Is To Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness?

Pursuit Of Happiness

It Was The Hard Work Of Our People, The Freedom They Enjoyed And Their Faith In God That Built This Country And Made It The Envy Of The World. In All Of Our Great Cities And Towns Evidence Of The Faith Of Our People Is Found: Houses Of Worship Of Every Denomination Are Among The Oldest Structures. While Never Willing To Bow To A Tyrant, Our Forefathers Were Always Willing To Get To Their Knees Before God. When Catastrophe Threatened, They Turned To God For Deliverance. When The Harvest Was Bountiful The First Thought Was Thanksgiving To God.

By 1980, We Knew It Was Time To Renew Our Faith, To Strive With All Our Strength Toward The Ultimate In Individual Freedom Consistent With An Orderly Society. We Believed Then And Now There Are No Limits To Growth And Human Progress When Men And Women Are Free To Follow Their Dreams.

There Are Only Two Things That The Liberals Don't Understand: The Things That Change And The Things That Don't.

We're Entering Our Third Century Now, But It's Wrong To Judge Our Nation By Its Years. The Calendar Can't Measure America Because We Were Meant To Be An Endless Experiment In Freedom, With No Limits To Our Reaches, No Boundaries To What We Can Do, No End Point To Our Hopes.

One Of The Worst Mistakes Anybody Can Make Is To Bet Against Americans.

Middle Age Is When You're Faced With Two Temptations And You Choose The One That Will Get You Home By Nine O'clock.

We Are Never Defeated Unless We Give Up On God.

Christian Inspirational

As We Celebrate Thanksgiving, We Should Reflect On The Full Meaning Of This Day As We Enjoy The Fellowship That Is So Much A Part Of The Holiday Festivities. Searching Our Hearts, We Should Ask What We Can Do As Individuals To Demonstrate Our Gratitude To God For All He Has Done. Such Reflection Can Only Add To The Significance Of This Precious Day Of Remembrance.

Spending On The Military Doesn't Increase The Deficit.

I've Always Thought New Year's Day Was An Especially American Tradition, Full Of The Optimism And Hope We're Famous For In Our Daily Lives -- An Energy And Confidence We Call The American Spirit. Perhaps Because We Know We Control Our Own Destiny, We Believe Deep Down Inside That Working Together We Can Make Each New Year Better Than The Old.

The Victims Of Crime Have Been Transformed Into A Group Oppressively Burdened By A System Designed To Protect Them.

Because Vietnam Was Not A Declared War, The Veterans Are Not Even Eligible For The G. I. Bill Of Rights With Respect To Education Or Anything.

Let Me Make Our Goal In This Program Very Clear: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, And More Jobs. Our Policy Has Been And Will Continue To Be: What Is Good For The American Worker Is Good For America.

The Crew Of The Space Shuttle Challenger Honored Us By The Manner In Which They Lived Their Lives.

Freedom And The Dignity Of The Individual Have Been More Available And Assured Here Than In Any Other Place On Earth. The Price For This Freedom At Times Has Been High, But We Have Never Been Unwilling To Pay The Price.

We Are A Nation That Has A Government-not The Other Way Around. And That Makes Us Special Among The Nations Of The Earth.

If Politics Were A Musical, It Would Be "promises, Promises".

Tyranny, Like Fog In The Well Known Poem, Often Creeps In Silently 'on Little Cat Feet.'

If We've Learned Any Lessons During The Past Few Decades, Perhaps The Most Important Is That Preservation Of Our Environment Is Not A Partisan Challenge; It's Common Sense. Our Physical Health, Our Social Happiness, And Our Economic Well-being Will Be Sustained Only By All Of Us Working In Partnership As Thoughtful, Effective Stewards Of Our Natural Resources.

I Hope The People On Wall Street Will Pay Attention To The People On Main Street. If They Do, They Will See There Is A Rising Tide Of Confidence In The Future Of America.

Peace Is More Than Just An Absence Of War. True Peace Is Justice, True Peace Is Freedom, And True Peace Dictates The Recognition Of Human Rights.

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