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The Literature Page Showing quotations 1 to 30 of 30 total Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. Ronald ReaganAbove all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. Ronald ReaganAll great change in America begins at the dinner table. Ronald Reagan Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. Ronald ReaganDon't be afraid to see what you see. Ronald ReaganEntrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. Ronald ReaganFacts are stupid things. Ronald Reagan Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or 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. Ronald ReaganFreedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. Ronald ReaganHow do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. Ronald ReaganI 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. Ronald ReaganI don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. Ronald ReaganI have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Ronald ReaganI 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.
Ronald ReaganIf you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again. Ronald ReaganNo arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. Ronald ReaganPeople don't start wars, governments do. Ronald ReaganPolitics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. 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. Ronald Reagan The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. Ronald ReaganThe 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. Ronald ReaganThe nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Ronald ReaganThe 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. Ronald ReaganThere are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. Ronald ReaganThomas 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. Ronald ReaganTo 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. Ronald ReaganYou 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. Ronald ReaganHistory teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation, Jan 16, 1984You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. Ronald Reagan, quoted in Observer, March 29 1981 My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes. Ronald Reagan, Said during a radio microphone test, 1984

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