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Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. (Ronald Reagan)
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'. View quote
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Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. View quote
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Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. View quote
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No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! View quote
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One picture is worth 1,000 denials. View quote
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. View quote
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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. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. View quote
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Facts are stubborn things. View quote
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Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. View quote
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We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. (Ronald Reagan)
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. View quote
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Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. View quote
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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. View quote
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When you see all of the smoke billowing up from the Democrats, ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the advice of their nominee Don't Inhale . View quote
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The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. View quote
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When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. View quote
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If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. View quote
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Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known. View quote
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Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. View quote
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Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. (Ronald Reagan)
I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. View quote
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Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court's result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right. View quote
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With regard to the freedom of the individual for choice with regard to abortion, there's one individual who's not being considered at all. That's the one who is being aborted. And I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. View quote
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The dreams of people may differ, but everybody wants their dreams to come true. And America, above all places, gives us the freedom to do that. View quote
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