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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"Inside the Bible's pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible."

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"Freedom-loving people around the world must say . . . I am a refugee in a crowded boat foundering off the coast of Vietnam. I am Laotian, a Cambodian, a Cuban, and a Miskito Indian in Nicaragua. I, too, am a potential victim of totalitarianism."

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"The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard of gloom and envy."

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"I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved."

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"Illegal immigrants in considerable numbers have become productive members of our society and are a basic part of our work force. Those who have established equities in the United States should be recognized and accorded legal status. At the same time, in so doing, we must not encourage illegal immigration."

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"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."

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"Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing."

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"Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage."

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"America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety."

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"f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals - if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is."

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"A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom."

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"There are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams."

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"An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either."

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"Isn't it strange that ... people build walls to keep an enemy out, and there's only one part of the world and one philosophy where they have to build walls to keep their people in"

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"As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. The only person who's going to be penalized and have difficulty is the law-abiding citizen, who then cannot have [it] if he wants protection -- the protection of a weapon in his home."

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"For one, we very much need in any immigration bill - we need protection for people who are in this country and who have not become citizens, for example, that they are protected and legitimized and given permanent residency here. And we want to see some things of that kind added to the immigration bill."

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