"The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before."
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"If we listen to our hearts, believe in ourselves, and pull together, nothing can stand in our way."
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"The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith."
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"We're entering our third century now, but it's wrong to judge our nation by its years. The calendar can't measure America because we were meant to be an endless experiment in freedom, with no limits to our reaches, no boundaries to what we can do, no end point to our hopes."
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"There was a time when "sound as a dollar" was a description, not a joke."
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"The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it."
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"Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves."
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"Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes - one rich, one poor - both in a permanent state of conflict and neither able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division?"
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"There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.""
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"...I believe that it is not enough, as I said, to tinker at the margins of U.S. immigration law... the United States must institute comprehensive reforms that conform to the realities of the era in which we live."
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"People don't start wars, governments do."
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"There are worse things to be called than a dreamer."
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"What is important is that one strives to achieve a goal."
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"The future belongs to the free."
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"The purpose of America is to unleash the full talent and genius of every individual."
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"[Andrew Jackson] was actually 70 years old when he left the White House"
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"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep the peace, we and our allies must be strong enough to convince any potential aggressor that war could bring no benefit, only disaster."
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"Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions."
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"Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and millions more were desperate for want of employment?"
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"I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told."
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