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The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing. (October 27, 1964)


Ronald Reagan

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RONALD REAGAN The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
RONALD REAGAN Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very...
RONALD REAGAN People don't start wars, governments do.
RONALD REAGAN No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
RONALD REAGAN If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are...
RONALD REAGAN I know in my heart that man is good.
That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And...
RONALD REAGAN I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabine...
RONALD REAGAN I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
RONALD REAGAN How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an ant...
RONALD REAGAN Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
RONALD REAGAN Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in...
RONALD REAGAN Facts are stupid things.
RONALD REAGAN Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the ...
RONALD REAGAN Don't be afraid to see what you see.
RONALD REAGAN Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.
RONALD REAGAN Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formida...
RONALD REAGAN My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever...
RONALD REAGAN History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
RONALD REAGAN You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope...
RONALD REAGAN To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the cro...
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