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Ron Reagan Inspirational Quotes (566)

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We still have too much air and water pollution and we still need to work to reduce it. But we also need to put the problem of pollution into a historical as well as scientific perspective.
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A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours.
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We have the means to change the laws we find unjust or onerous. We cannot, as citizens, pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.
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I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)
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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.
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The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.
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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.
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Her many achievements will be appreciated more as time goes on.
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You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth.
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I mean, we've had all these awful pictures from the prison in Iraq and these sort of memos floating around about justifying torture, all this kind of stuff. And it makes you want to take a shower, you know?
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One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
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In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it and if they want to know why, you can tell them this story.
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Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and millions more were desperate for want of employment?
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The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
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We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
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. . . And always remember that you are Americans, and it is your birthright to dream great dreams in this sweet and blessed land, truly the greatest, freest, strongest nation on Earth.
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Admittedly, there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face.
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It would seem that not only is religion lacking in the schools - so is common sense. I wonder what a teacher is supposed to say if a kid asks about those four words on a dime - 'In God We Trust.' Or maybe that's why they aren't being taught how to read these days.
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Yes, the deficit doctors have their scalpels out all right, but they're not poised over the budget. That's as fat as ever and getting fatter. What they're ready to operate on is your wallet.
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Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility to care for each other rather than leaving those tasks to paid bureaucrats.
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History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but as a blessing from our Creator.
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Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it foster productivity not stifle it.
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I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference. It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things.
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