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God, The Source Of Our Knowledge, Has Been Expelled From The Classroom. He Gives Us His Greatest Blessing, Life, And Yet Many Would Condone The Taking Of Innocent Life. We Expect Him To Protect Us In A Crisis, But Turn Away From Him Too Often In Our Day-to-day Living. I Wonder If He Isn't Waiting For Us To Wake Up.

-Ronald Reagan

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God, The Source Of Our Knowledge, Has Been Expelled From The Classroom. He Gives Us His Greatest Blessing, Life, And Yet Many Would Condone The Taking Of Innocent Life. We Expect Him To Protect Us In A Crisis, But Turn Away From Him Too Often In Our Day-to-day Living. I Wonder If He Isn't Waiting For Us To Wake Up.

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The Most Terrifying Words In The English Language Are: I'm From The Government And I'm Here To Help.

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I Would Have Voted Against The Civil Rights Act Of 1964.

I Believe Now, As I Alway Have, That America's Strength Is In 'we The People.'

With Regard To The Freedom Of The Individual For Choice With Regard To Abortion, There Is One Individual Who Is Not Being Considered At All, And That Is The One Who Is Being Aborted. And I Have Noticed That Everybody That Is For Abortion Has Already Been Born.

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I Don't Think Any Of Us Should Forget That The Security Of America Is Our Highest Responsibility.

God, The Source Of All Knowledge, Should Never Have Been Expelled From Our Children's Classrooms.

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Wearing Love Beads And Touting Our Sincerity Will Not Make This A Safer World.

Please Assure Me That You Are All Republicans.

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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. Both Deny Those God-given Liberties That Are The Inalienable Right Of Each Person On This Planet, Indeed, They Deny The Existence Of God.

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.

The Greatest Security For Israel Is To Create New Egypts.

Someone Must Stand Up To Those Who Say, "here's The Key, There's The Treasury, Just Take As Many Of Those Hard-earned Tax Dollars As You Want."

Millions Of Individuals Making Their Own Decisions In The Marketplace Will Always Allocate Resources Better Than Any Centralized Government Planning Process.

We're Resolved Tonight That Young Americans Will Always See Those Potomac Lights, That They Will Always Find Here A City Of Hope In A Country That's Free So That When Other Generations Look Back At This Conservative Era In American Politics And Our Time In Power, They'll Say Of Us That We Did Hold True To That Dream Of Joseph Winthrop And Joseph Warren, That We Did Keep Faith With Our God, That We Did Act Worthy Of Ourselves, That We Did Protect And Pass On Lovingly That Shining City On A Hill.

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The Things That Unite Us-america's Past Of Which We Are So Proud, Our Hopes And Aspirations For The Future Of The World And This Much Loved Country-these Things Far Outweigh What Little Divides Us.

Labor Force Needs And Economic Conditions Are Disregarded In Our Policies. Many Aspects Of Our Current Policies And Procedures Are Patently Wrong. For Example, Legal Immigration Has Almost No Link To U.s. Employment Needs Or Economic Conditions.

Policies And Procedures

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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 Forge. He Personified A People Who Knew That It Was Not Enough To Depend On Their Own Courage And Goodness, That They Must Also Seek Help From God - Their Father And Preserver. Where Did We Begin To Lose Sight Of That Noble Beginning, Of Our Conviction That Standards Of Right And Wrong Do Exist And Must Be Lived Up To? Do We Really Think That We Can Have It Both Ways, That God Will Protect Us In A Time Of Crisis Even As We Turn Away From Him In Our Day-to-day Life?

And We're Also Remembering The Guiding Light Of Our Judeo-christian Tradition. All Of Us Here Today Are Descendants Of Abraham, Isaac, And Jacob, Sons And Daughters Of The Same God. I Believe We Are Bound By Faith In Our God, By Our Love For Family And Neighborhood, By Our Deep Desire For A More Peaceful World, And By Our Commitment To Protect The Freedom Which Is Our Legacy As Americans. These Values Have Given A Renewed Sense Of Worth To Our Lives. They Are Infusing America With Confidence And Optimism That Many Thought We Had Lost.

I Hope We Once Again Have Reminded People That Man Is Not Free Unless Government Is Limited. There's A Clear Cause And Effect Here That Is As Neat And Predictable As A Law Of Physics: As Government Expands, Liberty Contracts.

I've Always Believed That A Lot Of The Trouble In The World Would Disappear If We Were Talking To Each Other Instead Of About Each Other.

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There Is Nothing Wrong With America That Americans Can't Fix.

There Are Simple Answers To The Nation's Problems, But Not Easy Ones.

If Our Planes Were Shot Down, Yes, They's Wake Me Right Away. If The Other Fellows' Were Shot Down, Why Wake Me Up?

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This Crime Against Humanity Must Never Be Forgotten.

The Difference Between Them And Us Is That We Want To Check Government Spending And They Want To Spend Government Checks.

Let Us Renew Our Faith That As Free Men And Women We Still Have The Power To Better Our Lives.

Almost All The Worlds' Constitutions Are Documents In Which Governments Tell The People What Their Privileges Are. Our Constitution Is A Document In Which We The People Tell The Government What It Is Allowed To Do. We The People Are Free.

I Can't Claim To Know The Words Of All The National Anthems In The World, But I Don't Know Of Any Other That Ends With A Question And A Challenge As Ours Does: Does That Flag Still Wave O'er The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave? That Is What We Must All Ask.

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

Trust The People -- That Is The Crucial Lesson Of History.

General Secretary Gorbachev, If You Seek Peace, If You Seek Prosperity For The Soviet Union And Eastern Europe, If You Seek Liberalization: Come Here To This Gate! Mr. Gorbachev, Open This Gate! Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!

I've Always Believed That We Were, Each Of Us, Put Here For A Reason, That There Is A Plan, Somehow A Divine Plan For All Of Us. I Know Now That Whatever Days Are Left To Me Belong To Him.

I Think All Of Us Are Agreed That War Is Probably Man's Greatest Stupidity And I Think Peace Is The Dream That Lives In The Heart Of Everyone Wherever He May Be In The World, But Unfortunately, Unlike A Family Quarrel, It Doesn't Take Two To Make A War. It Only Takes One, Unless The Other One Is Prepared To Surrender At The First Hint Of Force.

The Ongoing Migration Of Persons To The United States In Violation Of Our Laws Is A Serious National Problem Detrimental To The Interests Of The United States.

May Each Of You Have The Heart To Conceive, The Understanding To Direct, And The Hand To Execute Works That Will Leave The World A Little Better For Your Having Been Here.

Before I Refuse To Take Your Questions, I Have An Opening Statement.

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.

You Can Achieve Anything In Politics Provided That You Let Someone Else Take The Credit.

I, For One, Resent It When A Representative Of The People Refers To You And Me, The Free Men And Women Of This Country, As 'the Masses.'

My Dream Is To See The Day When Nuclear Weapons Will Be Banished From The Face Of The Earth.

History Shows That When The Taxes Of A Nation Approach About 20 Percent Of The People's Income, There Begins To Be A Lack Of Respect For Government.... When It Reaches 25 Percent, There Comes An Increase In Lawlessness.

Until Now Has There Ever Been A Time In Which So Many Of The Prophecies Are Coming Together? There Have Been Times In The Past When People Thought The End Of The World Was Coming, And So Forth, But Never Anything Like This.

For The Eight Years I Was President I Never Let My Dream Of A Nuclear-free World Fade From My Mind.

The Task That Has Fallen To Us As Americans Is To Move The Conscience Of The World, To Keep Alive The Hope And Dream Of Freedom. For If We Fail Or Falter, There'll Be No Place For The World's Oppressed To Flee To. This Is Not A Role We Sought. We Preach No Manifest Destiny. But Like The Americans Who Brought A New Nation Into The World 200 Years Ago, History Has Asked Much Of Us In Our Time. Much We've Already Given; Much More We Must Be Prepared To Give.

Now, So There Will Be No Misunderstanding, It's Not My Intention To Do Away With Government. It Is Rather To Make It Work - Work With Us, Not Over Us; To Stand By Our Side, Not Ride On Our Back. Government Can And Must Provide Opportunity, Not Smother It; Foster Productivity, Not Stifle It.

If We Don't Want To See The Map Of Central America Covered In A Sea Of Red, Eventually Lapping At Our Own Borders, We Must Act Now.

Government Is Like A Baby. An Alimentary Canal With A Big Appetite At One End And No Sense Of Responsibility At The Other.

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, And Other Projects... It Gave Men And Women A Chance To Make Some Money Along With The Satisfaction Of Knowing They Earned It.

There Is A Fundamental Difference Between Separation Of Church And State And Denying The Spiritual Heritage Of This Country. Inscribed On The Jefferson Memorial In Washington, D.c. Are Jefferson's Words, 'the God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty -- Can The Liberties Of A Nation Be Secure When We Have Removed A Conviction That These Liberties Are The Gift Of God?'

The National Democratic Leadership Is Going So Far Left, They've Left America. Don't Let Them Bury The American Dream In Their Graveyard Of Gloom And Envy.

The Work Of Volunteer Groups Throughout Our Country Represents The Very Heart And Soul Of America. They Have Helped Make This The Most Compassionate, Generous, And Humane Society That Ever Existed On The Face Of This Earth.

Throughout Our History, We Americans Have Been Willing To Meet Great Challenges And Do What Is Right When Our Destiny Demanded It.

By Working Together, Pooling Our Resources And Building On Our Strengths, We Can Accomplish Great Things.

Working Together

I Know In My Heart That Man Is Good. That What Is Right Will Always Eventually Triumph. And There's Purpose And Worth To Each And Every Life.

The Best Social Program Is A Productive Job For Anyone Who's Willing To Work.

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

When Cruelty Is Inflicted On Innocent People, It Discredits Whatever Cause.

Double - No, Triple - Our Troubles And We'd Still Be Better Off Than Any Other People On Earth.

Wouldn't It Be Better For The Human Spirit And For The Soul Of This Nation To Encourage People To Accept More Responsibility To Care For Each Other Rather Than Leaving Those Tasks To Paid Bureaucrats.

If We Listen To Our Hearts, Believe In Ourselves, And Pull Together, Nothing Can Stand In Our Way.

I Was Going To Have An Opening Statement, But I Decided That What I Was Going To Say I Wanted To Get A Lot Of Attention, So I'm Going To Wait And Leak It.

My Mother Told Me That Everything In Life Happened For A Purpose. She Said All Things Were Part Of God's Plan, Even The Most Disheartening Setbacks, And In The End, Everything Worked Out For The Best.

I Heard One Presidential Candidate Say That What This Country Needed Was A President For The Nineties. I Was Set To Run Again. I Thought He Said A President In His Nineties.

The Family Has Always Been The Cornerstone Of American Society. Our Families Nurture, Preserve, And Pass On To Each Succeeding Generation The Values We Share And Cherish, Values That Are The Foundation Of Our Freedoms.

I Call Upon The Scientific Community In Our Country, Those Who Gave Us Nuclear Weapons, To Turn Their Great Talents Now To The Cause Of Mankind And World Peace: To Give Us The Means Of Rendering These Nuclear Weapons Impotent And Obsolete.

Anytime You And I Question The Schemes Of The Do-gooders, We're Denounced As Being Against Their Humanitarian Goals. They Say We're Always "against" Things-we're Never "for" Anything. Well, The Trouble With Our Liberal Friends Is Not That They're Ignorant; It's Just That They Know So Much That Isn't So.

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.

Let Us Ask Ourselves; "what Kind Of People Do We Think We Are?"

Politics Is Not A Bad Profession. If You Succeed There Are Many Rewards, If You Disgrace Yourself You Can Always Write A Book.

In Hollywood, As I've Often Said, If You Don't Sing Or Dance, You End Up As An After-dinner Speaker.

I Told You Once That [our Marriage] Was Like An Adolescent's Dream Of What Marriage Should Be Like. That Hasn't Changed.

America's View Of Apartheid Is Simple And Straightforward: We Believe It Is Wrong. We Condemn It. And We Are United In Hoping For The Day When Apartheid Will Be No More.

I Hope Americans Will Read And Study The Bible In The Coming Year. It's My Firm Belief That The Enduring Values, As I Say, Presented In Its Pages Have A Great Meaning For Each Of Us And For Our Nation.

We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams.

If Not Us, Who? And If Not Now, When?

America Was Founded By People Who Believe That God Is Their Rock Of Safety.

Our Forbearance Should Never Be Misunderstood. Our Reluctance For Conflict Should Not Be Misjudged As A Failure Of Will. When Action Is Required To Preserve Our National Security, We Will Act.

America Has Never Gotten In A War Because We Were Too Strong.

When People Tell Me That I Became President On January 20th, 1981, I Feel I Have To Correct Them. You Don't Become President Of The United States. You Are Given Temporary Custody Of An Institution Called The Presidency, Which Belongs To Our People.

Americans Are Not Going To Tolerate Intimidation, Terror And Outright Acts Of War Against This Nation And Its People. And We Are Especially Not Going To Tolerate These Attacks From Outlaw States Run By The Strangest Collection Of Misfits, Looney Tunes And Squalid Criminals Since The Advent Of The Third Reich ... There Can Be No Place On Earth Where It Is Safe For These Monsters To Rest,or Train Or Practice Their Cruel And Deadly. We Must Act Together - Or Unilateraly, If Necessary - To Ensue That These Terrorists Have No Sanctuary, Anywhere.

I Didn't Leave The Democratic Party; The Democratic Party Left Me.

If History Teaches Anything, It Teaches That Self-delusion In The Face Of Unpleasant Facts Is Folly.

America Stands Unique In The World: The Only Country Not Founded On Race But On A Way, An Ideal. Not In Spite Of But Because Of Our Polyglot Background, We Have Had All The Strength In The World. That Is The American Way.

Our Liberties, Our Values, All For Which America Stands Is Safe Today Because Brave Men And Women Have Been Ready To Face The Fire At Freedom's Front. And We Thank God For Them.

Without God, There Is No Virtue Because There Is No Prompting Of The Conscience... Without God, There Is A Coarsening Of The Society; Without God, Democracy Will Not And Cannot Long Endure.

I, In My Own Mind, Have Always Thought Of America As A Place In The Divine Scheme Of Things That Was Set Aside As A Promised Land...any Person With The Courage, With The Desire To Tear Up Their Roots, To Strive For Freedom, To Attempt And Dare To Live In A Strange And Foreign Place, To Travel Halfway Across The World Was Welcome Here.

Isn't It Strange That ... People Build Walls To Keep An Enemy Out, And There's Only One Part Of The World And One Philosophy Where They Have To Build Walls To Keep Their People In

Hope Remains The Highest Reality, The Age-old Power.

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.

To Say Congress Is Spending Like Drunken Sailors Is An Insult To Drunken Sailors.

The Time Has Come To Match Outgo To Income, Instead Of Always Doing It The Other Way Around.

I Don't Have Too Much Time For Fiction.

It Is My Fervent Goal And Hope... That We Will Someday No Longer Have To Rely On Nuclear Weapons To Deter Aggression And Assure World Peace. To That End The United States Is Now Engaged In A Serious And Sustained Effort To Negotiate Major Reductions In Levels Of Offensive Nuclear Weapons With The Ultimate Goal Of Eliminating These Weapons From The Face Of The Earth.

Cannot Swords Be Turned To Plowshares? Can We And All Nations Not Live In Peace? In Our Obsession With Antagonisms Of The Moment, We Often Forget How Much Unites All The Members Of Humanity. Perhaps We Need Some Outside, Universal Threat To Make Us Recognize This Common Bond. I Occasionally Think How Quickly Our Differences Worldwide Would Vanish If We Were Facing An Alien Threat From Outside This World. And Yet, I Ask You, Is Not An Alien Force Already Among Us? What Could Be More Alien To The Universal Aspirations Of Our Peoples Than War And The Threat Of War?

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