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Well, It [evolution] Is A Theory, It Is A Scientific Theory Only, And It Has In Recent Years Been Challenged In The World Of Science And Is Not Yet Believed In The Scientific Community To Be As Infallible As It Once Was Believed. But If It Was Going To Be Taught In The Schools, Then I Think That Also The Biblical Theory Of Creation, Which Is Not A Theory But The Biblical Story Of Creation, Should Also Be Taught.

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Ronald Reagan

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Well, It [evolution] Is A Theory, It Is A Scientific Theory Only, And It Has In Recent Years Been Challenged In The World Of Science And Is Not Yet Believed In The Scientific Community To Be As Infallible As It Once Was Believed. But If It Was Going To Be Taught In The Schools, Then I Think That Also The Biblical Theory Of Creation, Which Is Not A Theory But The Biblical Story Of Creation, Should Also Be Taught.

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With Our Eyes Fixed On The Future, But Recognizing The Realities Of Today, We Will Achieve Our Destiny To Be As A Shining City On A Hill For All Mankind To See.

By 1980, We Knew It Was Time To Renew Our Faith, To Strive With All Our Strength Toward The Ultimate In Individual Freedom Consistent With An Orderly Society. We Believed Then And Now There Are No Limits To Growth And Human Progress When Men And Women Are Free To Follow Their Dreams.

Today, We're Taking A Break From The Concerns And The Bustle Of The Work-a-day World. But We're Also Making A New Beginning. As We Gather Around Our Dining Room Tables For The Midday Meal, Let Us Thank God For Life And The Blessings He's Put Before Us. High Among Them Are Our Families, Our Freedom, And The Opportunities Of A New Year.

Some Years Ago, The Federal Government Declared War On Poverty, And Poverty Won.

These Gentlemen Are The Moral Equivalents Of America's Founding Fathers.

You Know, It Was Only A Generation Ago That Actors Couldn't Be Buried In The Churchyard.

Republicans Believe The Best Way To Assure Prosperity Is To Generate More Jobs. The Democrats Believe In More Welfare.

The Glory Of This Land Has Been Its Capacity For Transcending The Moral Evils Of Our Past. For Example, The Long Struggle Of Minority Citizens For Equal Rights, Once A Source Of Disunity And Civil War, Is Now A Point Of Pride For All Americans. We Must Never Go Back. There Is No Room For Racism, Anti-semitism, Or Other Forms Of Ethnic And Racial Hatred In This Country.

If It Takes A Bloodbath Now Let's Get It Over With.

You Can Tell Alot About A Fellow's Character By His Way Of Eating Jellybeans.

I Saw Them; There Is Nothing Beautiful About Them, Just That They Are A Little Higher Than The Others. Referring To One Of The Oldest And Loveliest Groves Of Redwoods, Showing Insensitivity To Their Magnificence.

A Leader, Once Convinced That A Particular Course Of Action Is The Right One, Must....be Undaunted When The Going Gets Tough.

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.

Dreams Became Issues Of East Versus West. Hopes Became Political Rhetoric. Progress Became A Search For Power And Domination. Somewhere The Truth Was Lost That People Don't Make War, Governments Do.

To Sit Back Hoping That Someday, Some Way, Someone Will Make Things Right Is To Go On Feeding The Crocodile, Hoping He Will Eat You Last - But Eat You He Will.

My Fellow Americans, I Am Pleased To Tell You I Just Signed Legislation Which Outlaws Russia Forever. The Bombing Begins In Five Minutes.

In Closing, Let Me Thank You, The American People, For Giving Me The Great Honor Of Allowing Me To Serve As Your President. When The Lord Calls Me Home, Whenever That Day May Be, I Will Leave With The Greatest Love For This Country Of Ours And Eternal Optimism For Its Future. I Now Begin The Journey That Will Lead Me Into The Sunset Of My Life. I Know That For America There Will Always Be A Bright Dawn Ahead.

Don't Be Afraid To See What You See.

Supporters Of This Fundamental Change In Immigration Policy Say We Need To Import More Well-educated Talent If We're To Stay Competitive. But Exactly Whose Competitiveness Are We Talking About? Not The Competitiveness Of, Say, American-born Computer Engineers. Adjusted For Inflation, Their Earnings Haven't Gone Anywhere In Years. That's In Part Because American Companies Have Been Sending So Much Of Their High-tech Work Abroad. Bringing More Foreign-born Engineers Here Under An Expanded H1-b Visa Program, Or A Point System For That Matter, Will Just Depress Wages Even Further.

My Fellow Americans, I Must Speak To You Tonight About A Mounting Danger In Central America That Threatens The Security Of The United States. This Danger Will Not Go Away It Will Grow Worse, Much Worse, If We Fail To Take Action Now.

Government Must Not Supersede The Will Of The People Or The Responsibilities Of The People. The Function Of Government Is Not To Confer Happiness, But To Give Men The Opportunity To Work Out Happiness For Themselves.

We Don't Need More Politicians Insisting We Have Deficits Because You're Not Taxed Enough. Those Deficits Ballooned From An Economy That Didn't Grow Enough And From 50 Years Of Government Spending Too Much.

Almost All The Worlds' Constitutions Are Documents In Which Governments Tell The People What Their Privileges Are. Our Constitution Is A Document In Which We The People Tell The Government What It Is Allowed To Do. We The People Are Free.

Before I Refuse To Take Your Questions, I Have An Opening Statement.

If You Don't Know Whether A Body Is Alive Or Dead, You Would Never Bury It. I Think This Consideration Itself Should Be Enough For All Of Us To Insist On Protecting The Unborn.

When A Business Or An Individual Spends More Than It Makes, It Goes Bankrupt. When Government Does It, It Sends You The Bill. And When Government Does It For 40 Years, The Bill Comes In Two Ways: Higher Taxes And Inflation. Make No Mistake About It, Inflation Is A Tax And Not By Accident.

America's Foreign Policy Supports Freedom, Democracy, And Human Dignity For All Mankind, And We Make No Apologies For It. The Opportunity Society That We Want For Ourselves We Also Want For Others, Not Because We're Imposing Our System On Others But Because Those Opportunities Belong To All People As God-given Birthrights And Because By Promoting Democracy And Economic Opportunity We Make Peace More Secure.

Unless And Until It Can Be Proven That An Unborn Child Is Not A Living Human Being, Can We Justify Assuming Without Proof That It Isn't? No One Has Yet Offered Such Proof; Indeed, All The Evidence Is To The Contrary.

Someone Asked Me Whether I Was Aware Of All The People Out There Who Were Praying For The President. And I Had To Say, "yes, I Am. I've Felt It. I Believe In Intercessory Prayer." But I Couldn't Help But Say To That Questioner After He'd Asked The Question That - Or At Least Say To Them That If Sometimes When He Was Praying He Got A Busy Signal, It Was Just Me In There Ahead Of Him.

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.

Please Tell Me You're Republicans.

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

America Is To Great To Dream Small Dreams.

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