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"Our country and state have a special obligation to work toward the stabilization of our own population so as to credibly lead other parts of the world toward population stabilization."
"Through you, we feel as giants, once again."
"I oppose registration for the draft... because I believe the security of freedom can best be achieved by security through freedom."
"That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will."
"Now, I happen to be an optimist."
"Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality."
"America's best days are yet to come."
"The societies which have achieved the most spectacular broad-based economic progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly controlled, not necessarily the biggest in size, or the wealthiest in natural resources. No, what unites them all is their willingness to believe in the magic of the marketplace."
"He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and a true American champion."
"Cars don't cause pollution, trees do."
"Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American"
"Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar of tax payers money, only Congressmen can; and Congress is susceptible to all sorts of influences that have nothing to do with good government."
"If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois."
"When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale."
"We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow"
"I notice that everbody who is Pro-Abortion already has been born."
"We seek the elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth."
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. And get a massage - you look really stressed"
"Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border."
"We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years."