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Government is not the answer to the problem - it IS the problem.

Ronald Reagan

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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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Like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the Cambodians which followed it ... the lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten.
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something no one bats a thousand.
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I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
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Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
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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 a better answer to the stupidity of Karl Marx than millions of workers individually sharing in the ownership of the means of production.
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Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.
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I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.
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As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will not surrender for it - now or ever.
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Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community?
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Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it foster productivity, not stifle it.
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I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.
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We cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide...t here is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.
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I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
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