My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government. Ronald Reagan More Quotes by Ronald Reagan More Quotes From Ronald Reagan Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root. Ronald Reagan bayonets roots war There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship. Ronald Reagan mother character father Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people. Ronald Reagan foundation family people Even now I wonder what I might have accomplished if I'd studied harder Ronald Reagan politics wonder might The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity. Ronald Reagan california curiosity intellectual What does an actor know about politics? Ronald Reagan actors knows doe I hope the people on Wall Street will pay attention to the people on Main Street. If they do, they will see there is a rising tide of confidence in the future of America. Ronald Reagan wall america people The American Petroleum Institute filed suit against the EPA [and] charged that the agency was suppressing a scientific study for fear it might be misinterpreted... The suppressed study reveals that 80 percent of air pollution comes not from chimneys and auto exhaust pipes, but from plants and trees. Ronald Reagan agency air tree Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon. Ronald Reagan energy average funny But I also happen to be someone who believes in tithing--the giving of a tenth . Ronald Reagan giving funny believe Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything. Ronald Reagan rights war funny We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life -- the unborn -- without diminishing the value of all human life . . . there is no cause more important. Ronald Reagan categories causes important In an atmosphere of liberty, artists and patrons are free to think the unthinkable and create the audacious; they are free to make both horrendous mistakes and glorious celebrations. Ronald Reagan artist mistake thinking Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. Ronald Reagan entrepreneur growth men The task that has fallen to us as Americans is to move the conscience of the world, to keep alive the hope and dream of freedom. For if we fail or falter, there'll be no place for the world's oppressed to flee to. This is not a role we sought. We preach no manifest destiny. But like the Americans who brought a new nation into the world 200 years ago, history has asked much of us in our time. Much we've already given; much more we must be prepared to give. Ronald Reagan destiny dream moving A bird on a tether, no matter how long the rope, can always be pulled back. Ronald Reagan rope bird long We may be the generation that sees Armageddon. Ronald Reagan generations scary may You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off. Ronald Reagan good-actors actors pay I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by an outer -- a power from outer space, from another planet. Wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have any differences between us at all, we were all human beings, citizens of the world, and wouldn't we come together to fight that particular threat? Ronald Reagan differences fighting space Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?" Ronald Reagan kindness people thinking
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