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Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
40th president of US [more author details]
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I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
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Ronald Reagan
I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
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Ronald Reagan
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
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Ronald Reagan
I know in my heart that man is good.
That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
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Ronald Reagan
If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again.
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Ronald Reagan
No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
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Ronald Reagan
People don't start wars, governments do.
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Ronald Reagan
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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Ronald Reagan
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
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Ronald Reagan
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
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Ronald Reagan
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them right away.
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Ronald Reagan
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
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Ronald Reagan
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
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Ronald Reagan
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
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Ronald Reagan
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
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Ronald Reagan
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.
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Ronald Reagan
To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will.
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Ronald Reagan
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.
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Ronald Reagan
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
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Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation, Jan 16, 1984
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
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Ronald Reagan, quoted in Observer, March 29 1981
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