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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The First Continental Congress made its first act a prayer, the beginning of a great tradition. We have then a lesson from the founders of our land. That lesson is clear: That in the winning of freedom and in the living of life, the first step is prayer.
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Young Americans must never again be sent to fight and die unless we are prepared to let them win.
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While other [military] alliances have been formed to win wars, our fundamental purpose is to prevent war while preserving and extending the frontiers of freedom.
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The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.
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Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.
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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.
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Not everybody aspires to be a bank president or a nuclear scientist, but everybody wants to do something with one's life that will give him pride and a sense of accomplishment.