Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reaganwas an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth6 February 1911
CountryUnited States of America
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without God, there is no virtue because there's no prompting of the conscience. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
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The march of freedom and democracy . . . will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.
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Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.
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Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
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Democracy is not a fragile flower; still it needs cultivating.
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The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.
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This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder, for no man knows, once it is destroyed, where or when he will find its protective warmth again.
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In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.
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Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism
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Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
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We will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.'
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I've often wondered how some people in positions of this kind . . . manage without having had any acting experience.
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I urged the Soviet leader, Mr. Gorbachev, to send a new signal of openness to the world by tearing down that wall.
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The very key to our success has been our ability, foremost among nations, to preserve our lasting values by making change work for us rather than against us.