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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 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.

-Ronald Reagan

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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 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.

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Either You Will Control Your Government, Or Government Will Control You.

Mankind's Journey Into Space, Like Every Great Voyage Of Discovery, Will Become Part Of Our Unending Journey Of Liberation. In The Limitless Reaches Of Space, We Will Find Liberation From Tyranny, From Scarcity, From Ignorance And From War. We Will Find The Means To Protect This Earth And To Nurture Every Human Life, And To Explore The Universe. . . .this Is Our Mission, This Is Our Destiny.

Meanwhile, What About The Workers In Those State Monopolies That Are Being Put Up For Sale? I Am Reminded Of A Technique For Employee Ownership That Has Worked Well For Many U.s. Companies. It Goes By Various Names, But The Best Known Is "employee Stock Ownership Program," Or Esop.

There Is No Limit To The Amount Of Good You Can Do If You Don't Care Who Gets The Credit.

Rewards And Recognition

I Think People Have A Need To Feel Good About The Country They Live In, But What's Happening, I Think, Is That That Need - Which Is A Good Thing - Is Getting Manipulated And Exploited.

Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly, Leave The Rest To God.

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

The Taxpayer - That's Someone Who Works For The Federal Government But Doesn't Have To Take The Civil Service Examination.

I Think There Are Some Things ... That May Even Be Distorted In The Practice, Such As Some Affirmative Action Programs Becoming Quota Systems. And I'm Old Enough To Remember When Quotas Existed In The United States For The Purpose Of Discrimination, And I Don't Want To See That Happen Again.

Our Military Strength Is A Prerequisite To Peace, But Let It Be Clear We Maintain This Strength In The Hope It Will Never Be Used.

Elena, My Four Year Old, Says To Me In All Seriousness; "mommy, You Need To Buy Another Baby".

The Closest Thing To Eternal Life On Earth Is A Government Program

The United States Remains The Last Best Hope For A Mankind Plagued By Tyranny And Deprivation. America Is No Stronger Than Its People -- And That Means You And Me. Well, I Believe In You, And I Believe That If We Work Together, Then One Day We Will Say, "we Fought The Good Fight. We Finished The Race. We Kept The Faith." And To Our Children And Our Children's Children, We Can Say, "we Did All What Could Be Done In The Brief Time That Was Given Us Here On Earth.".

I Believe That The Most Essential Element Of Our Defense Of Freedom Is Our Insistence On Speaking Out For The Cause Of Religious Liberty.

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.

Families Cannot Prosper And Keep America Strong If Government Becomes A Goliath That Preys Upon Their Wealth, Usurps Their Rights, And Crushes Their Spirit.

The Fourth Landing Of The Columbia Is The Historical Equivalent Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike Which Completed The First Transcontinental Railroad. It Marks Our Entrance Into A New Era.

How Does It Feel To Be The 's Third Choice? Humiliating? You Could Have Thrown A Dart. That's How Close They Were. We Had So Many Excellent Candidates.

The Greatest Security For Israel Is To Create New Egypts.

State Problems Should Involve State Solutions.

Either [jesus] Was What He Said He Was Or He Was The World's Greatest Liar. It Is Impossible For Me To Believe A Liar Or Charlatan Could Have Had The Effect On Mankind That He Has Had For 2000 Years. We Could Ask, Would Even The Greatest Of Liars Carry His Lie Through The Crucifixion, When A Simple Confession Would Have Saved Him? ... Did He Allow Us The Choice... To Believe In His Teaching But Reject His Statements About His Own Identity?

...100% Of What Is Collected Is Absorbed Solely By Interest On The Federal Debt...all Individual Income Tax Revenues Are Gone Before One Nickel Is Spent On The Services Taxpayers Expect From Government.

The Torch Of Liberty Is Hot; Warms Those Who Hold It High; Burns Those Who Try To Extinguish It.

Government's First Duty Is To Protect The People, Not Run Their Lives.

What's Happening In Cuba Is Not A Failure Of The Cuban People. It's A Failure Of Fidel Castro And The Communists.

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

Freedom Is The Right To Question And Change The Established Way Of Doing Things. It Is The Continuing Revolution Of The Marketplace. It Is The Understanding That Allows Us To Recognize Shortcomings And Seek Solutions. It Is The Right To Put Forth An Idea, Scoffed At By The Experts, And Watch It Catch Fire Among The People. It Is The Right To Follow Your Dream, Or Stick To Your Conscience Even If You're The Only One In A Sea Of Doubters.

Governments Don't Reduce Deficits By Raising Taxes On The People; Governments Reduce Deficits By Controlling Spending And Stimulating New Wealth.

I'd Like To Harness Their Youthful Energy With A Strap.

We're Here To Mark That Day In History When The Allied Peoples Joined In Battle To Reclaim This Continent To Liberty. For Four Long Years, Much Of Europe Had Been Under A Terrible Shadow. Free Nations Had Fallen, Jews Cried Out In The Camps, Millions Cried Out For Liberation. Europe Was Enslaved, And The World Prayed For Its Rescue. Here In Normandy The Rescue Began. Here The Allies Stood And Fought Against Tyranny In A Giant Undertaking Unparalleled In Human History.

I Was Alarmed At My Doctor's Report: He Said I Was Sound As A Dollar.

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

Freedom-loving People Around The World Must Say . . . I Am A Refugee In A Crowded Boat Foundering Off The Coast Of Vietnam. I Am Laotian, A Cambodian, A Cuban, And A Miskito Indian In Nicaragua. I, Too, Am A Potential Victim Of Totalitarianism.

Abraham Lincoln Recognized That We Could Not Survive As A Free Land When Some Men Could Decide That Others Were Not Fit To Be Free And Should Therefore Be Slaves. Likewise, We Cannot Survive As A Free Nation When Some Men Decide That Others Are Not Fit To Live And Should Be Abandoned To Abortion Or Infanticide.

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

Doverey, No Proverey - Trust But Verify.

Law And Freedom Must Be Indivisible Partners. For Without Law, There Can Be No Freedom, Only Choas And Disorder; And Without Freedom, Law Is But A Cynical Veneer For Injustice And Oppression.

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

I Feel That The Whole Western World Will Benefit By The Resurrection Of The Neutron Bomb Project.

You Can’t Tax Business. Business Doesn’t Pay Taxes. It Collects Taxes.

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