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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.

-Ronald Reagan

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Freedom And The Dignity

Ronald Reagan

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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.

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I Have Only One Thing To Say To The Tax Increasers: Go Ahead, Make My Day.

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The Thought Of Being President Frightens Me And I Do Not Think I Want The Job.

For The People Of Israel And America Are Historic Partners In The Global Quest For Human Dignity And Freedom. We Will Always Remain At Each Other's Side.

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You Hear A Lot Of Jokes Every Once In A While About 'silent Cal Coolidge.' The Joke Is On The People Who Make The Jokes. Look At His Record. He Cut The Taxes Four Times. We Had Probably The Greatest Growth And Prosperity That We've Ever Known. I Have Taken Heed Of That Because If He Did That By Doing Nothing, Maybe That's The Answer.

I Favor The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 And It Must Be Enforced At Gunpoint If Necessary.

In Some Dim Beginning, Man Created The Institution Of Government As A Convenience For Himself. And, Ever Since That Time, Government Has Been Doing Its Best To Become An Inconvenience.

Certain Forms Of Ammunition Have No Legitimate Sporting, Recreational, Or Self-defense Use And Thus Should Be Prohibited.

How Could An Actor Become President?

I Have Seen The Rise Of Fascism And Communism. Both Philosophies Glorify The Arbitrary Power Of The State... But Both Theories Fail. Both Deny Those God-given Liberties That Are The Inalienable Right Of Each Person On This Planet, Indeed, They Deny The Existence Of God.

Every New Day Begins With Possibilities. It's Up To Us To Fill It With The Things That Move Us Toward Progress And Peace.

Intelligence Reports Say Castro Is Very Worried About Me. I'm Very Worried That We Can't Come Up With Something To Justify His Worrying.

It Doesn't Do Good To Open Doors For Someone Who Doesn't Have The Price To Get In. If He Has The Price, He May Not Need The Laws. There Is No Law Saying The Negro Has To Live In Harlem Or Watts.

These Gentlemen Are The Moral Equivalents Of America's Founding Fathers.

Perhaps No Custom Reveals Our Character As A Nation So Clearly As Our Celebration Of Thanksgiving Day.

If You Put It On The Table As A Bargaining Chip, It Becomes A Bargaining Chip

Anyone Who Seeks Success Or Greatness Should First Forget About Both And Seek Only The Truth. The Rest Will Follow.

Surround Yourself With The Best People You Can Find, Delegate Authority, And Don't Interfere As Long As The Policy You've Decided Upon Is Being Carried Out.

I'm Sure Everyone Feels Sorry For The Individual Who Has Fallen By The Wayside Or Who Can't Keep Up In Our Competitive Society, But My Own Compassion Goes Beyond That To Those Millions Of Unsung Men And Women, Who Get Up Every Morning, Send The Kids To School, Go To Work, Try To Keep Up The Payments On Their House, Pay Exorbitant Taxes To Make Possible Compassion For The Less Fortunate, And As A Result Have To Sacrifice Many Of Their Own Desires And Dreams And Hopes. Government Owes Them Something Better Than Always Finding A New Way To Make Them Share The Fruit Of Their Toils With Others.

No Government Ever Voluntarily Reduces Itself In Size.

Without A Vision The People Perish.

Of The Many Messages Found In The Hanukah Story, The One That Has Always Inspired Me Most Is This: With A Strong Faith In The Almighty, Nothing Is Impossible; And Without The Help Of Our Creator, We Labor In Vain.

Now, I Happen To Be An Optimist.

I Don't Have Too Much Time For Fiction.

That's The Nice Thing About This Job. You Get To Quote Yourself Shamelessly. If You Don't, Larry Speakes Will.

Will You Resist The Temptation To Get A Government Handout For Your Community? Realize That The Doctor's Fight Against Socialized Medicine Is Your Fight. We Can't Socialize The Doctors Without Socializing The Patients. Recognize That Government Invasion Of Public Power Is Eventually An Assault Upon Your Own Business.

I Can't Believe That This World Can Go On Beyond Our Generation And On Down To Succeeding Generations With This Kind Of Weapon On Both Sides Poised At Each Other Without Someday Some Fool Or Some Maniac Or Some Accident Triggering The Kind Of War That Is The End Of The Line For All Of Us. And I Just Think Of What A Sigh Of Relief Would Go Up From Everyone On This Earth If Someday-and This Is What I Have-my Hope, Way In The Back Of My Head-is That If We Start Down The Road To Reduction, Maybe One Day In Doing That, Somebody Will Say, 'why Not All The Way? Let's Get Rid Of All These Things'.

Honey, I Forgot To Duck

This Is Not The Time For Political Fun And Games. This Is The Time For A New Beginning. I Ask You Now To Put Aside Any Feelings Of Frustration Or Helplessness About Our Political Institutions And Join Me In This Dramatic But Responsible Plan To Reduce The Enormous Burden Of Federal Taxation On You And Your Family.

You Can Never Underestimate The Ability Of The Democrats To Wet Their Finger And Hold It In The Wind.

They Are Our Brothers, These Freedom Fighters.... They Are The Moral Equal Of Our Founding Fathers And The Brave Men And Women Of The French Resistance. We Cannot Turn Away From Them, For The Struggle Here Is Not Right Versus Left; It Is Right Versus Wrong.

I Never Drink Coffee At Lunch. I Find It Keeps Me Awake For The Afternoon.

Christopher Columbus Was Looking For A Passage To India, But He Landed In America. He Landed In The Wrong Place, And When He Got Back, He Wasn't Sure Where He'd Been. But Most Important Of All, He Did It On Someone Else's Money.

Deep Religious Beliefs Stemming From The Old And New Testaments Of The Bible Inspired Many Of The Early Settlers Of Our Country, Providing Them With The Strength, Character, Convictions, And Faith Necessary To Withstand Great Hardship And Danger In This New And Rugged Land. These Shared Beliefs Helped Forge A Sense Of Common Purpose Among The Widely Dispersed Colonies - A Sense Of Community Which Laid The Foundation For The Spirit Of Nationhood That Was To Develop In Later Decades.

Freedom Is One Of The Deepest And Noblest Aspirations Of The Human Spirit. People, Worldwide, Hunger For The Right Of Self-determination, For Those Inalienable Rights That Make For Human Dignity And Progress. America Must Remain Freedom's Staunchest Friend, For Freedom Is Our Best Ally And It Is The World's Only Hope To Conquer Poverty And Preserve Peace. Every Blow We Inflict Against Poverty Will Be A Blow Against Its Dark Allies Of Oppression And War. Every Victory For Human Freedom Will Be A Victory For World Peace.

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.

The Man Who Puts Into The Marriage Only Half Of What He Owns Will Get That Out.

It's All Part Of Taking A Chance And Expanding Man's Horizons. The Future Doesn't Belong To The Fainthearted; It Belongs To The Brave.

I Was Raised To Believe That God Has A Plan For Everyone And That Seemingly Random Twists Of Fate Are All A Part Of His Plan.

A Drastic Reduction In The Deficit...will Take Place In The Fiscal Year '82.

Regimes Planted By Bayonets Do Not Take Root.

We're The Party That Wants To See An America In Which People Can Still Get Rich.

The Best Minds Are Not In Government. If Any Were, Business Would Steal Them Away.

You And I Have A Rendezvous With Destiny. We Will Preserve For Our Children This, The Last Best Hope Of Man On Earth.

Freedom Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction. We Didn't Pass It To Our Children In The Bloodstream. It Must Be Fought For, Protected, And Handed On For Them To Do The Same.

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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