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The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.


Ronald Reagan

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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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