Ronald Reagan

Politician, Actor

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States, known for his leadership during the Cold War and his advocacy for conservative economic policies.

Born
February 6, 1911
Died
June 5, 2004
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"We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We do these things to set loose again the energy and the ingenuity of the American people. We do these things to reinvigorate those social and economic institutions which serve as a buffer and a bridge between the individual and the state - and which remain the real source of our progress as a people."

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"We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles."

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"The American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary or even on our own shores."

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"Has anyone stopped to consider that we might come closer to balancing the budget if all of us simply tried to live up to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule?"

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"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer."

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"We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down."

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"Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."

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"Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of the nineteenth-century passed away, other diplomats asked, on reports of his death, "What do you suppose the old fox meant by that?"

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"Facts are stupid things — stubborn things, I should say."

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"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free."

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"Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy."

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"When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the people with no limit or restraint on what the government can take, then the government has become the master."

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"For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem."

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"May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here."

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"I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state... But both theories fail. Both deny those God-given liberties that are the inalienable right of each person on this planet, indeed, they deny the existence of God."

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