Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.
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More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
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I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
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Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
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There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
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Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
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Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they’re sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive.
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Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
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Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
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Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in.
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There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
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Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit.
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Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
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We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
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I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.
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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
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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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A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets tough.
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Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.
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The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
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The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.
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Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.
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Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
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