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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.

-Ronald Reagan

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The Freedom Of Thought

Ronald Reagan

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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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There Are No Words To Express The Extraordinary Strength And Character Of This Breed Of People We Call American. They Are The Kind Of Men And Women Tom Paine Had In Mind When He Wrote, During The Darkest Days Of The American Revolution, We Have It In Our Power To Begin The World Over Again.

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America Is The Moral Force That Defeated Communism And All Those Who Would Put The Human Soul Itself Into Bondage.

I Warned That There Should Be No Place On Earth Where Terrorists Can Rest And Train And Practice Their Deadly Skills. I Meant It. I Said That We Would Act With Others, If Possible, And Alone If Necessary To Ensure That Terrorists Have No Sanctuary Anywhere. Tonight, We Have.

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

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Christian Inspirational

It Is The Soviet Union That Runs Against The Tide Of History . . . . [it Is] The March Of Freedom And Democracy Which Will Leave Marxism-leninism On The Ash Heap Of History, As It Has Left Other Tyrannies Which Stifle The Freedom And Muzzle The Self-expression Of The People.

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We Are Participating In The Orderly Transfer Of Administrative Authority By The Direction Of The People. And This Is The Simple Magic Which Makes A Commonplace Routine A Near Miracle To Many Of The World

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We're Entering Our Third Century Now, But It's Wrong To Judge Our Nation By Its Years. The Calendar Can't Measure America Because We Were Meant To Be An Endless Experiment In Freedom, With No Limits To Our Reaches, No Boundaries To What We Can Do, No End Point To Our Hopes.

Abraham Lincoln Freed The Black Man. In Many Ways, Dr. King Freed The White Man. How Did He Accomplish This Tremendous Feat? Where Others - White And Black - Preached Hatred, He Taught The Principles Of Love And Nonviolence.

A Bird On A Tether, No Matter How Long The Rope, Can Always Be Pulled Back.

Some Years Ago A Top Ford Official Was Showing The Late Walter Reuther Through The Very Automates Plant In Cleveland, Ohio And He Said To Him Jokingly, "walter, You'll Have A Hard Time Collecting Union Dues From These Machines." And Walter Said, "you Are Going To Have More Trouble Trying To Sell Automobiles To Them." Both Of Them Let It Stop There. There Was A Logical Answer To That ... The Owners Of The Machines Could Buy Automobiles And If You Increase The Number Of Owners You Increase The Number Of Consumers.

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

Have We The Courage And The Will To Face Up To The Immorality And Discrimination Of The Progressive Tax, And Demand A Return To Traditional Proportionate Taxation? ... Today In Our Country The Tax Collector's Share Is 37 Cents Of Every Dollar Earned. Freedom Has Never Been So Fragile, So Close To Slipping From Our Grasp.

All Systems Are Capitalist. It's Just A Matter Of Who Owns And Controls The Capital -- Ancient King, Dictator, Or Private Individual. We Should Properly Be Looking At The Contrast Between A Free Market System Where Individuals Have The Right To Live Like Kings If They Have The Ability To Earn That Right And Government Control Of The Market System Such As We Find Today In Socialist Nations.

Entrepreneurs Are The Forgotten Heroes Of America.

I Hope The People On Wall Street Will Pay Attention To The People On Main Street. If They Do, They Will See There Is A Rising Tide Of Confidence In The Future Of America.

If A Tax Hike Makes It To My Desk, I'll Veto It In Less Time Than It Takes Vanna White To Turn The Letters V-e-t-o!

An America That Is Militarily And Economically Strong Is Not Enough. The World Must See An America That Is Morally Strong With A Creed And A Vision. This Is What Has Led Us To Dare And Achieve. For Us, Values Count.

Information Is The Oxygen Of The Modern Age.

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

This Is The Real Task Before Us: To Reassert Our Commitment As A Nation To A Law Higher Than Our Own, To Renew Our Spiritual Strength. Only By Building A Wall Of Such Spiritual Resolve Can We, As A Free People, Hope To Protect Our Own Heritage And Make It Someday The Birthright Of All Men.

I Usually Never Walk By A Microphone.

Cars Don't Cause Pollution, Trees Do.

I Sometimes Think If Someone Appealed The Ten Commandments To Some Of Our Courts, They Would Rule - 'thou Shalt Not, Unless You Feel Strongly To The Contrary'.

The Despicable North Korean Attack In Rangoon Deprived Us Of Trusted Advisers And Friends. So Many Of Those Who Died Had Won Admirers In America As They Studied With Us Or Guided Us With Their Counsel. I Personally Recall The Wisdom And Composure Of Foreign Minister Lee, With Whom I Met In Washington Just A Few Short Months Ago. To The Families And Countrymen Of All Those Who Were Lost, America Expresses Its Deep Sorrow.

I Think We Should Keep The Grain And Export The Farmers.

It Is The Soviet Union That Runs Against The Tide Of Human History By Denying Human Freedom And Human Dignity To Its Citizens.

The Men Of Normandy Had Faith That What They Were Doing Was Right, Faith That They Fought For All Humanity, Faith That A Just God Would Grant Them Mercy On This Beachhead Or The Next. It Was The Deep Knowledge - And Pray God We Have Not Lost It - That There Is A Profound Moral Difference Between The Use Of Force For Liberation And The Use Of Force For Conquest.

We Are Forever Indebted To Those Who Have Given Their Lives That We Might Be Free.

We Should Never Fear To Negotiate, Nor Negotiate From Fear.

Facts Are Stupid Things Stubborn Things, I Should Say.

We Speak With Pride And Admiration Of That Little Band Of Americans Who Overcame Insuperable Odds To Set This Nation On Course 200 Years Ago. But Our Glory Didn't End With Them. Americans Ever Since Have Emulated Their Deeds.

...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.

History Teaches That Wars Begin When Governments Believe The Price Of Aggression Is Cheap. To Keep The Peace, We And Our Allies Must Be Strong Enough To Convince Any Potential Aggressor That War Could Bring No Benefit, Only Disaster.

The War In Vietnam Threatened To Tear Our Society Apart, And The Political And Philosophical Disagreements That Separated Each Side Continue, To Some Extent. It's Been Said That These Memorials Reflect A Hunger For Healing.

I Don't Believe In A Government That Protects Us From Ourselves.

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.

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.

If You're Explaining, You're Losing.

Well I've Said It Before And I'll Say It Again America's Best Days Are Yet To Come. Our Proudest Moments Are Yet To Be. Our Most Glorious Achievements Are Just Ahead.

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

The Societies Which Have Achieved The Most Spectacular Broad-based Economic Progress In The Shortest Period Of Time Are Not The Most Tightly Controlled, Not Necessarily The Biggest In Size, Or The Wealthiest In Natural Resources. No, What Unites Them All Is Their Willingness To Believe In The Magic Of The Marketplace.

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.

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

Shouldn't Someone Tag Mr. Kennedy's Bold New Imaginative Program With Its Proper Age? Under The Tousled Boyish Haircut Is Still Old Karl Marx - First Launched A Century Ago. There Is Nothing New In The Idea Of A Government Being Big Brother.

To This Day, America Is Still The Abiding Alternative To Tyranny. This Is Our Purpose In The World, Nothing More And Nothing Less.

Thomas Jefferson Made A Comment About The Presidency And Age. He Said That One Should Not Worry About One's Exact Chronological Age In Reference To His Ability To Perform One's Task. And Ever Since He Told Me That, I Stopped Worrying.

Today We Did What We Had To Do. They Counted On America To Be Passive. They Counted Wrong.

America Needs Jobs And Opportunity, Not Make-work And Handouts.

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