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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.

-Ronald Reagan

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Mankind's Journey Into Space,

Ronald Reagan

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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.

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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.

. . . I Hope That When You're My Age, You'll Be Able To Say As I Have Been Able To Say: We Lived In Freedom, We Lived Lives That Were A Statement, Not An Apology.

For One, We Very Much Need In Any Immigration Bill - We Need Protection For People Who Are In This Country And Who Have Not Become Citizens, For Example, That They Are Protected And Legitimized And Given Permanent Residency Here. And We Want To See Some Things Of That Kind Added To The Immigration Bill.

I Don't Want To Do A Tv Series. It's No Fun Working From Dawn To Sunset Every Day. An Occasional Movie Would Be Fine, And Then I'll See What Might Develop On The Political Front.

Doverey, No Proverey - Trust But Verify.

How Could An Actor Become President?

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

We Believe Faith And Freedom Must Be Our Guiding Stars, For They Show Us Truth, They Make Us Brave, Give Us Hope, And Leave Us Wiser Than We Were.

I Knew Thomas Jefferson. He Was A Friend Of Mine. And Believe Me, You Are No Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican Party Convention, Referring To Bill Clinton)

I Don't Have Too Much Time For Fiction.

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

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 No Security, No Safety, In The Appeasement Of Evil.

How Can We Not Believe In The Greatness Of America? How Can We Not Do What Is Right And Needed To Preserve This Last Best Hope Of Man On Earth? After All Our Struggles To Restore America, To Revive Confidence In Our Country, Hope For Our Future - After All Our Hard-won Victories Earned Through The Patience And Courage Of Every Citizen - We Cannot, Must Not, And Will Not Turn. We Will Finish Our Job. How Could We Do Less? We're Americans.

The Bible Tells Us There Will Be A Time For Peace. But, So Far In This Century, Mankind Has Failed To Find It.

Now, I Happen To Be An Optimist.

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.

We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams.

We Desire Peace. But Peace Is A Goal, Not A Policy. Lasting Peace Is What We Hope For At The End Of Our Journey. It Doesn't Describe The Steps We Must Take Nor The Paths We Should Follow To Reach That Goal.

Our Moral Imperative Is To Work With All Our Powers For That Day When The Children Of The World Grow Up Without The Fear Of Nuclear War.

I Spoke To Ears That Refused To Hear.

A Troubled And Afflicted Mankind Looks To Us, Pleading For Us To Keep Our Rendezvous With Destiny; That We Will Uphold The Principles Of Self-reliance, Self-discipline, Morality, And - Above All - Responsible Liberty For Every Individual That We Will Become That Shining City On A Hill.

If No One Among Us Is Capable Of Governing Himself, Then Who Among Us Has The Capcity To Govern Someone Else.

Together, Let Us Make This A New Beginning. Let Us Make A Commitment To Care For The Needy, To Teach Our Children The Values And The Virtues Handed Down To Us By Our Families, To Have The Courage To Defend Those Values And The Willingess To Sacrifice For Them. Let Us Pledge To Restore, In Our Time, The American Spirit Of Voluntary Service, Of Cooperation, Of Private And Community Initiative, A Spirit That Flows Like A Deep And Mighty River Through The History Of Our Nation.

Governments Tend Not To Solve Problems, Only To Rearrange Them.

There Is A Flickering Spark In Us All Which, If Struck At Just The Right Age...can Light The Rest Of Our Lives, Elevating Our Ideals, Deepening Our Tolerance, And Sharpening Our Appetite For Knowledge About The Rest Of The World. Educational And Cultural Exchanges...provide A Perfect Opportunity For This Precious Spark To Grow, Making Us More Sensitive And Wiser International Citizens Through Our Careers.

Even Now I Wonder What I Might Have Accomplished If I'd Studied Harder

We're Not Just Discussing Limits On A Further Increase Of Nuclear Weapons; We Seek, Instead, To Reduce Their Number. We Seek The Total Elimination One Day Of Nuclear Weapons From The Face Of The Earth.

I Want To Talk About Political And Economic Fairy Tales.

There Are Those, Of Course, Who Claim We Must Give Up Freedom In Exchange For Economic Progress. Well, Pardon Me, But Anyone Trying To Sell You That Line Is No Better Than A Three-card-trick Man. One Thing Becoming More Clear Every Day Is That Freedom And Progress Go Hand In Hand. Throughout The Developing World, People Are Rejecting Socialism Because They See That It Doesn't Empower People, It Impoverishes Them.

A Strong Nation Is One That Is Loved By Its People And, As Edmund Burke Put It, For A Country To Be Loved It Ought To Be Lovely.

Nations Do Not Distrust Each Other Because They Are Armed. They Are Armed Because They Distrust Each Other.

The Struggle Now Going On For The World Will Never Be Decided By Bombs Or Rockets, By Armies Or Military Might. The Real Crisis We Face Today Is A Spiritual One; At Root, It Is A Test Of Moral Will And Faith.

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