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My father never felt the need to wrap himself in anybody's mantle. He never felt the need to pretend to be anybody else. This is their administration. This is their war. If they can't stand on their own two feet, well, they're no Ronald Reagans, that's for sure.


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RONALD REAGAN Limits exist only in the mind
RONALD REAGAN Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ...
RONALD REAGAN You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
RONALD REAGAN The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.
RONALD REAGAN Some spend their entire lives wondering if they have made a difference in this world. The Marines do...
RONALD REAGAN Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a ver...
RONALD REAGAN A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water
NANCY REAGAN A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with...
RONALD REAGAN I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of...
MAUREEN REAGAN The taxpayer -- that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civ...
RONALD REAGAN Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.
RONALD REAGAN The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them right away.
RONALD REAGAN History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
RONALD REAGAN Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working to...
NANCY REAGAN When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k...
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