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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Today we Americans lost a hero who always seemed larger than life. ... Bear Bryant gave his country the gift of a life unsurpassed. In making the impossible seem easy, he lived what we strive to be.
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We share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss. Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we've never lost an astronaut in flight. We've never had a tragedy like this.
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Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and if that characteristic is lost, the government will fall. In a monarchy, it is affection and respect for the royal family. If that is lost the monarch is lost. In a dictatorship, it is fear. If the people stop fearing the dictator he'll lose power. In a representative government such as ours, it is virtue. If virtue goes, the government fails. Are we choosing paths that are politically expedient and morally questionable? Are we in truth losing our virtue? . . . If so, we may be nearer the dustbin of history than we realize.
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You know, if Nancy Davis hadn't come along when she did, I would have lost my soul.
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Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again
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Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.
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Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with thethings that move us toward progress and peace.
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No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
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The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.
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the Berlin Wall came down, the Evil Empire collapsed, and the cause of liberty prevailed in the world.
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I know you receive many letters like this, and I recognize that over time they must come to seem fairly routine, ... Please understand, however, that my years in your service will always be very special to me. The inspiration you have given me will burn brightly in my heart long after I have left the lights of the White House behind.
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I know you have been critically looking at the mores and customs of the past and questioning their value. Every generation does that. But don't discard the time-tested values upon which civilization has been built just because they are old.
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I hope you're all Republicans. (To surgeons as he entered the operating room, March 30, 1981.)
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I'm not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.