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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'.

-Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan

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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'.

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The Freedom Of Thought And Action We Americans Enjoy Today Seems As Natural As The Air We Breathe. But There Is A Danger We May Take This Freedom For Granted. We Must Never Forget It Was Bought For Us At A Great Price. The Brave And Resourceful Americans Whose Sacrifices Gained Our Independence And Preserved It For More Than 200 Years Against Formidable Foes Have Set An Example Of Unflinching Loyalty To The Ideal Of Liberty And Justice For All.

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In Opening Our Hearts, We Hope This Might Promote Greater Awareness Of This Condition. Perhaps It Will Encourage A Clearer Understanding Of The Individuals And Families Who Are Affected By It.

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To Do Whatever Needs To Be Done To Preserve This Last And Greatest Bastion Of Freedom.

Wherever A Beautiful Soul Has Been There Is A Trail Of Beautiful Memories.

Government Steals From The Needy And Gives To The Greedy

Environmental Extremists ... Wouldn't Let You Build A House Unless It Looked Like A Bird's Nest.

All Of Us Can See What Happens Once You Establish The Precedent That The Government Can Determine A Man's Working Place And His Working Methods, Determine His Employment. From Here It's A Short Step To All The Rest Of Socialism, To Determining His Pay....he Will Wait For The Government To Tell Him Where He Will Go To Work And What He Will Do.

Politics And Morality Are Inseparable. And As Morality's Foundation Is Religion, Religion And Politics Are Necessarily Related. We Need Religion As A Guide. We Need It Because We Are Imperfect, And Our Government Needs The Church, Because Only Those Humble Enough To Admit They're Sinners Can Bring To Democracy The Tolerance It Requires In Order To Survive.

Fascism Was Really The Basis For The New Deal.

When A Child Loses His Parent, They Are Called An Orphan. When A Spouse Loses Her Or His Partner, They Are Called A Widow Or Widower. When Parents Lose Their Child, Their Isn't A Word To Describe Them. This Month Recognizes The Loss So Many Parents Experience Across The United States And Around The World. It Is Also Meant To Inform And Provide Resources For Parents Who Have Lost Children Due To Miscarriage, Ectopic Pregnancy, Molar Pregnancy, Stillbirths, Birth Defects, Sids, And Other Causes.

I Would Like To Dissolve The $10 Billion National Department Of Education Created By President Carter And Turn Schools Back To The Local School Districts, Where We Built The Greatest Public School System The World Has Ever Seen. I Think I Can Make A Case That The Decline In The Quality Of Public Education Began When Federal Aid Became Federal Interference.

We're Looking Forward To A Great Season At The University Of California - If We Find A Way To Put Cleats On Their Sandals.

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.

I'm A Sucker For Hero Worship.

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.

To Grasp And Hold A Vision, That Is The Very Essence Of Successful Leadership-not Only On The Movie Set Where I Learned It, But Everywhere.

The Founders Of The United Nations Expected That Member Nations Would Behave And Vote As Individuals After They Had Weighed The Merits Of An Issue - Rather Like A Great, Global Town Meeting. The Emergence Of Blocks And The Polarization Of The United Nations Undermine All That This Organization Initially Valued.

Freedom Is A Fragile Thing And Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction. It Is Not Ours By Inheritance; It Must Be Fought For And Defended Constantly By Each Generation, For It Comes Only Once To A People. Those Who Have Known Freedom, And Then Lost It, Have Never Known It Again.

God...should Never Have Been Expelled From America's Schools. As We Struggle To Teach Our Children...we Dare Not Forget That Our Civilization Was Built By Men And Women Who Placed Their Faith In A Loving God. If Congress Can Begin Each Day With A Moment Of Prayer...so Then Can Our Sons And Daughters.

Our Leaders Must Remember That Education Doesn't Begin With Some Isolated Bureaucrat In Washington. It Doesn't Even Begin With State Or Local Officials. Education Begins In The Home, Where It Is A Parental Right And Responsibility.

I've Said It Before And I'll Say It Again. The U.s. Geological Survey Has Told Me That The Proven Potential For Oil In Alaska Alone Is Greater Than The Proven Reserves In Saudi Arabia.

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.

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?

The Federal Reserve Is Answerable To No One.

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

There Is No Institution More Vital To Our Nation's Survival Than The American Family. Here The Seeds Of Personal Character Are Planted, The Roots Of Public Virtue First Nourished. Through Love And Instruction, Discipline, Guidance And Example, We Learn From Our Mothers And Fathers The Values That Will Shape Our Private Lives And Our Public Citizenship.

I Hope You're All Republicans.

Doverey, No Proverey - Trust But Verify.

It Should Be The Right Of The Individual To Decide Whether He Wants To Belong To A Union.

As Long As There Are Guns, The Individual That Wants A Gun For A Crime Is Going To Have One And Going To Get It. The Only Person Who's Going To Be Penalized And Have Difficulty Is The Law-abiding Citizen, Who Then Cannot Have [it] If He Wants Protection -- The Protection Of A Weapon In His Home.

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