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Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to his ability to perform one's task. And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

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Ronald Reagan
Age: 93 †
Born: 1911
Born: February 6
Died: 2004
Died: June 5
40Th U.S. President
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I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by an outer -- a power from outer space, from another planet. Wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have any differences between us at all, we were all human beings, citizens of the world, and wouldn't we come together to fight that particular threat?
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America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety.
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There is no foundation like the rock of honesty and fairness, and when you begin to build your life on that rock, with the cement of the faith in God that you have, then you have a real start.
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These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.
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Our goal is peace. We can gain that peace by strengthening our alliances, by speaking candidly about the dangers before us, by assuring potential adversaries of our seriousness, by actively pursuing every chance of honest and fruitful negotiation.
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The District of Columbia is one gigantic ear.
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Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.
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Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.
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Piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.
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Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.
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Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American
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I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our daily lives -- an energy and confidence we call the American spirit. Perhaps because we know we control our own destiny, we believe deep down inside that working together we can make each new year better than the old.
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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
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I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.
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I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor.
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You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.
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With regard to the freedom of the individual for choice with regard to abortion, there is one individual who is not being considered at all, and that is the one who is being aborted. And I have noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.
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Throughout our history, We Americans have been willing to meet great challenges and do what is right when our destiny demanded it.
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Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.
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For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each other's side.
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