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We Have Consistently Supported A Legalization Program Which Is Both Generous To The Alien And Fair To The Countless Thousands Of People Throughout The World Who Seek Legally To Come To America. The Legalization Provisions In This Act Will Go Far To Improve The Lives Of A Class Of Individuals Who Now Must Hide In The Shadows, Without Access To Many Of The Benefits Of A Free And Open Society. Very Soon Many Of These Men And Women Will Be Able To Step Into The Sunlight And, Ultimately, If They Choose, They May Become Americans.

-Ronald Reagan

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We Have Consistently Supported

Ronald Reagan

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We Have Consistently Supported A Legalization Program Which Is Both Generous To The Alien And Fair To The Countless Thousands Of People Throughout The World Who Seek Legally To Come To America. The Legalization Provisions In This Act Will Go Far To Improve The Lives Of A Class Of Individuals Who Now Must Hide In The Shadows, Without Access To Many Of The Benefits Of A Free And Open Society. Very Soon Many Of These Men And Women Will Be Able To Step Into The Sunlight And, Ultimately, If They Choose, They May Become Americans.

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In 1992, The Federal Government Actually Issued More Work Authorizations To Immigrants And Temporary Foreign Workers Than The Net Number Of New Jobs Created By Our Economy. Something Is Fundamentally Wrong When We Have Millions Of American Citizens And Legal Residents Begging For Jobs, And Yet We Are Admitting Thousands And Thousands Of Immigrants A Year With Virtually No Consideration To Our Employment Needs Or Their Employment Skills.

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.

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.

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There Are No Degrees Of Honesty.

Government Exists To Protect Us From Each Other. Where Government Has Gone Beyond Its Limits Is In Deciding To Protect Us From Ourselves.

Young Americans Must Never Again Be Sent To Fight And Die Unless We Are Prepared To Let Them Win.

Throughout America Today, We Honor The Dead Of Our Wars. We Recall Their Valor And Their Sacrifices. We Remember They Gave Their Lives So That Others Might Live.

America Was Founded By People Who Believe That God Was Their Rock Of Safety. I Recognize We Must Be Cautious In Claiming That God Is On Our Side, But I Think It's All Right To Keep Asking If We're On His Side.

If There's One Thing The American People Aren't Lacking, It Is Courage.

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.

Justice For All

Democracy Is Worth Dying For, Because It's The Most Deeply Honorable Form Of Government Ever Devised By Man.

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One Of The Worst Mistakes Anybody Can Make Is To Bet Against Americans.

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

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

American Politics

Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall. And Get A Massage - You Look Really Stressed

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

America Is Too Great For Small Dreams.

Ending Inflation Means Freeing All Americans From The Terror Of Runaway Living Costs. ... We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We Are In A Time When There Are No Heroes Just Don't Know Where To Look. ... Above All, We Must Realize That No Arsenal, Or No Weapon In The Arsenals Of The World, Is So Formidable As The Will And Moral Courage Of Free Men And Women.

An Informed Patriotism Is What We Want.

I Doubt Evolution Is Real.

The Person Who Pays An Ounce Of Principle For A Pound Of Popularity Gets Badly Cheated.

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The Future Is Best Decided By Ballots, Not Bullets.

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.

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 Believe We Must Resolve The Problem At Our Southern Border With Full Regard To The Problems And Needs Of Mexico. I Have Suggested Legalizing The Entry Of Mexican Labor Into This Country On Much The Same Basis You Proposed, Although I Have Not Put It Into The Sense Of Restoring The Bracero Program.

What Does An Actor Know About Politics?

America's Best Days Lie Ahead. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.

Preservation Of Our Environment Is Not A Liberal Or Conservative Challenge, It's Common Sense.

Americans Are Hungering To Feel Proud And Patriotic Again.

Directly Down The Lawn And Accross The Ellipse From The White House Are Those Ordered, Classic Lines Of The Jefferson Memorial And The Eyes Of The 19-foot Statue That Gaze Directly Into The White House, A Reminder To Any Of Us Who Might Occupy That Mansion Of The Quality Of Mind And Generosity Of Heart That Once Abided There And Has Been So Rarely Seen There Again.

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.

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

Working Together

Her Many Achievements Will Be Appreciated More As Time Goes On.

We Seek A Constitutional Amendment To Permit Voluntary School Prayer. God Should Never Have Been Expelled From America's Classrooms In The First Place.

I'm No Linguist, But I Have Been Told That In The Russian Language, There Isn't Even A Word For Freedom.

Russian Language

I'm Proud Of Having Been One Of The First To Recognize That States And The Federal Government Have A Duty To Protect Our Natural Resources From The Damaging Effects Of Pollution That Can Accompany Industrial Development.

Regimes Planted By Bayonets Do Not Take Root... 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, For The Ultimate Determinant In The Struggle That's Now Going On In The World Will Not Be Bombs And Rockets But A Test Of Wills And Ideas, A Trial Of Spiritual Resolve, The Values We Hold, The Beliefs We Cherish, The Ideals To Which We Are Dedicated.

Please Assure Me That You Are All Republicans.

My Philosophy Of Life Is That If We Make Up Our Mind What We Are Going To Make Of Our Lives, Then Work Hard Toward That Goal, We Never Lose - Somehow We Win Out.

There's No Question I Am An Idealist, Which Is Another Way Of Saying 'i Am An American.'

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.

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

Too Often Character Assassination Has Replaced Debate In Principle Here In Washington. Destroy Someone's Reputation, And You Don't Have To Talk About What He Stands For.

The American People Aren't Overtaxed. The Government In Washington Is Overfed. The Main Difference Between Ourselves And The Other Side Is: We See An America Where Every Day Is The Fourth Of July. They See An America Where Every Day Is April 15.

I Know That It Is Often Difficult To Stand Up For One's Beliefs When They Are Being Harshly Challenged. But As One Who Has Seen Many Challenges Over A Long Lifetime, I Can Assure You That Personal Faith And Conviction Are Strengthened, Not Weakened, In Adversity.

We're Told About A Woman's Right To Control Her Own Body. But Doesn't The Unborn Child Have A Higher Right, And That Is To Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness?

Pursuit Of Happiness

The Same Technology Transforming Our Lives Can Solve The Greatest Problem Of The 20th Century. A Security Shield Can One Day Render Nuclear Weapons Obsolete And Free Mankind From The Prison Of Nuclear Terror. America Met One Historic Challenge And Went To The Moon. Now America Must Meet Another: To Make Our Strategic Defense Real For All The Citizens Of Planet Earth.

America Is To Great To Dream Small Dreams.

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

Will You Resist The Temptation To Get A Government Handout For Your Community? Realize That The Doctor's Fight Against Socialized Medicine Is Your Fight. We Can't Socialize The Doctors Without Socializing The Patients. Recognize That Government Invasion Of Public Power Is Eventually An Assault Upon Your Own Business.

The Federal Reserve Is Answerable To No One.

Federal Reserve

If Politics Were A Musical, It Would Be "promises, Promises".

If You Serve A Child A Rotten Hamburger In America, Federal, State, And Local Agencies Will Investigate You, Summon You, Close You Down, Whatever. But If You Provide A Child With A Rotten Education, Nothing Happens, Except That You're Liable To Be Given More Money To Do It With. Well, We've Discovered That Money Alone Isn't The Answer.

May Every Day Be A New Beginning, And Every Dawn Bring Us Closer To That Shining City Upon A Hill.

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

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