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We Have Not Inherited An Easy World. If Developments Like The Industrial Revolution, Which Began In England, And The Gifts Of Science And Technology Have Made Life Much Easier For Us, They Have Also Made It More Dangerous. There Are Threats Now To Our Freedom, Indeed To Our Very Existence, That Other Generations Could Never Even Have Imagined. There Is First The Threat Of Global War. No President, No Congress, No Prime Minister, No Parliament Can Spend A Day Entirely Free Of This Threat. If History Teaches Anything, It Teaches Self-delusion In The Face Of Unpleasant Facts Is Folly.

-Ronald Reagan

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We Have Not Inherited

Ronald Reagan

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We Have Not Inherited An Easy World. If Developments Like The Industrial Revolution, Which Began In England, And The Gifts Of Science And Technology Have Made Life Much Easier For Us, They Have Also Made It More Dangerous. There Are Threats Now To Our Freedom, Indeed To Our Very Existence, That Other Generations Could Never Even Have Imagined. There Is First The Threat Of Global War. No President, No Congress, No Prime Minister, No Parliament Can Spend A Day Entirely Free Of This Threat. If History Teaches Anything, It Teaches Self-delusion In The Face Of Unpleasant Facts Is Folly.

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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.

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Elvis Epitomised America, And For That We Shall Be Eternally Grateful. There Will Never Be Anyone Else Like Him. Let's All Rejoice In His Music.

Please Tell Me You're Republicans.

Concentrated Power Has Always Been The Enemy Of Liberty. Democracy Is Worth Dying For, Because It's The Most Deeply Honorable Form Of Government Ever Devised By Man.entrepreneurs And Their Small Enterprises Are Responsible For Almost All The Economic Growth In The United States.

Nothing Lasts Longer Than A Temporary Government Program.

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 Most Terrifying Words In The English Language Are: I'm From The Government And I'm Here To Help.

I'm Convinced, More Than Ever, That Man Finds Liberation Only When He Binds Himself To God And Commits Himself To His Fellow Man.

We Have Seen Numerous Instances In Which American Businesses Have Brought In Foreign Skilled Workers After Having Laid Off Skilled American Workers, Simply Because They Can Get The Foreign Workers More Cheaply. It Has Become A Major Means Of Circumventing The Costs Of Paying Skilled American Workers Or The Costs Of Training Them.

Form And Substance Are Opposite Ends Of The Same Coin.

America Has Never Gotten In A War Because We Were Too Strong.

Two Visions Of The World Remain Locked In Dispute. The First Believes All Men Are Created Equal By A Loving God Who Has Blessed Us With Freedom. The Second Vision Believes That Religion Is Opium For The Masses. It Believes That Eternal Principles Like Truth, Liberty, And Democracy Have No Meaning Beyond The Whim Of The State. And [vladimir] Lenin Spoke For Them.

Excellence Does Not Begin In Washington.

No Nation In History Has Ever Survived A Tax Burden That Reached A Third Of Its National Income.

If You're Explaining, You're Losing.

You Know Economists; They're The Sort Of People Who See Something Works In Practice And Wonder If It Would Work In Theory.

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.

The Federal Government Has Taken Too Much Tax Money From The People, Too Much Authority From The States, And Too Much Liberty With The Constitution.

Has Anyone Stopped To Consider That We Might Come Closer To Balancing The Budget If All Of Us Simply Tried To Live Up To The Ten Commandments And The Golden Rule?

In A World Wracked By Hatred, Economic Crisis, And Political Tension, America Remains Mankind's Best Hope.

There Are No Constraints On The Human Mind, No Walls Around The Human Spirit, No Barriers To Our Progress Except Those We Ourselves Erect.

A Hippie Is Someone Who Looks Like Tarzan, Walks Like Jane And Smells Like Cheetah.

This Is Not The Time For Political Fun And Games. This Is The Time For A New Beginning. I Ask You Now To Put Aside Any Feelings Of Frustration Or Helplessness About Our Political Institutions And Join Me In This Dramatic But Responsible Plan To Reduce The Enormous Burden Of Federal Taxation On You And Your Family.

Remember That Every Government Service, Every Offer Of Government - Financed Security, Is Paid For In The Loss Of Personal Freedom... In The Days To Come, Whenever A Voice Is Raised Telling You To Let The Government Do It, Analyze Very Carefully To See Whether The Suggested Service Is Worth The Personal Freedom Which You Must Forgo In Return For Such Service.

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 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)

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