"What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists."
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"The current tax code is a daily mugging."
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"Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it."
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"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size."
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"As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we should reflect on the full meaning of this day as we enjoy the fellowship that is so much a part of the holiday festivities. Searching our hearts, we should ask what we can do as individuals to demonstrate our gratitude to God for all He has done. Such reflection can only add to the significance of this precious day of remembrance."
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"Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say "But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time."
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"There are no words to express the extraordinary strength and character of this breed of people we call American. They are the kind of men and women Tom Paine had in mind when he wrote, during the darkest days of the American Revolution, we have it in our power to begin the world over again."
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"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."
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"Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close."
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"One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
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"I have seen the rise and fall of Nazi tyranny, the subsequent cold war and the nuclear nightmare that for fifty years haunted the dreams of children everywhere. During that time my generation defeated totalitarianism. As a result, your world is poised for better tomorrows. What will you do on your journey?"
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"The real question today is not when human life begins, but, what is the value of human life? The abortionist who reassembles the arms and legs of a tiny baby to make sure all its parts have been torn from its mother's body can hardly doubt whether it is a human being. The real question for him and for all of us is whether that tiny human life has a God-given right to be protected by the law - the same right we have."
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"I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other."
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"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."
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"We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we've accomplished. Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."
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"Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again"
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"There is purpose and worth to each and every life."
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"Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences."
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"If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it."
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"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers."
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