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But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.


Ronald Reagan

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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...
RONALD REAGAN Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And e...
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