If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.
RONALD REAGANIt has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
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Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
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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 most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
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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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If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
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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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Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.
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We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
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If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
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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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Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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No, I’m just a man committed to great ideas.
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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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The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.
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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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Facts are stupid things.
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Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.
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It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
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If you’re explaining, you’re losing.
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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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Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
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Please tell me you’re Republicans.
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Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.
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We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
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