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Now, I happen to be an optimist.

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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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There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.
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There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
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One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
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I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally.
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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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I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.
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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.
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Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana.
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There is no love like a mother’s - she who carries the child that God knits in the womb, she who nourishes and guides, she who teaches and inspires, she who gives of her heart and soul and self for the good and the happiness of her children and her family.
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Our enemies may be irrational, even outright insane, driven by nationalism, religion, ethnicity or ideology. They do not fear the United States for its diplomatic skills or the number of automobiles and software programs it produces. They respect only the firepower of our tanks, planes and helicopter gunships.
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Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.
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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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I, for one, resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me, the free men and women of this country, as 'the masses.'
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When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
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Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique for employee ownership that has worked well for many U.S. companies. It goes by various names, but the best known is Employee Stock Ownership Program, or ESOP.
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I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.
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