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"We can't have it both ways. We can't expect God to protect us in a crisis and just leave Him over there on the shelf in our day-to-day living. I wonder if sometimes He isn't waiting for us to wake up, He isn't maybe running out of patience."
"Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people."
"I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are reminded that liberty is a rare commodity in this world."
"The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern."
"In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is."
"An informed patriotism is what we want."
"The neutron warhead is a defensive weapon designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations."
"I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the protector of our liberties, not the distributor of gifts and privilege. Government should uphold and not undermine those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded-religion, education and, above all, family. Government cannot be clergyman, teacher and patriot. It government is our servant, beholden to us."
"Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines."
"I think maybe there could be some restrictions that there had to be a certain amount of training taken."
"Perhaps there is a simple answer -- not an easy answer -- but simple: If you and I have the courage to tell our elected officials that we want our national policy based on what we know in our hearts is morally right."
"Our opponents see an America in which every day is April 15, tax day. Well, we see an America in which every day is the Fourth of July."
"Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon."
"The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated."
"We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power except that granted to it by the people It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed."
"It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens."
"If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand."
"You and I have a rendevous with destiny."
"I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day."
"They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong."