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You on the cutting edge of technology have already made yesterday's impossibilities the commonplace realities of today.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical.
I told you once that [our marriage] was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.
The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said "Make Love not War!" It didn't seem to me that they were capable of either.
Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.
Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited.
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.
There can be no security anywhere in the free world if there is no fiscal and economic stability within the United States.
Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.
You know economists; they're the sort of people who see something works in practice and wonder if it would work in theory.
We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.
The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray
We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.
Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions.
Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?
If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
The Founding Fathers believed that faith in God was the key to our being a good people and America's becoming a great nation.
No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.
A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.
Well, my head's full of questions My temp'rature's risin' fast Well, I'm lookin' for some answers But I don't know who to ask
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody.
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.
Mad or glad, Mr. Reagan is head over heels in love with Mrs. Reagan and can't even imagine a world without her - He loves her.
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
The arts and humanities teach us who we are and what we can be. They lie at the very core of the culture of which we're a part.
When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.'
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.
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon.
My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.
A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
I'm convinced, more than ever, that man finds liberation only when he binds himself to God and commits himself to his fellow man.
The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it.
Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.
I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute show.
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...
To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.
When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far.
For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.