Ronald Reagan Quotes — Page 23

Politician, Actor

Courageous

“We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.”

War Stars Military

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Ronald Reagan

Politician, Actor

Anxious

“When the Labor Department is forced to relent and let these visitors do this work it is of course all legal. But it makes one wonder about the illegal alien fuss. Are great numbers of our unemployed really victims of the illegal alien invasion or are those illegal tourists actually doing work our own people won't do? One thing is certain in this hungry world; no regulation or law should be allowed if it results in crops rotting in the field for lack of harvesters.”

People Law Numbers

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Proud

“I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or corporation.”

Children Wisdom Growing Up

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Angry

“I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And I'm old enough to remember when quotas existed in the United States for the purpose of discrimination, and I don't want to see that happen again.”

Thinking Practice Quota

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Philosophical

“Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In the days to come, whenever a voice is raised telling you to let the government do it, analyze very carefully to see whether the suggested service is worth the personal freedom which you must forgo in return for such service.”

Government Voice Loss

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Courageous

“Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.”

Government Rights Liberty

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Hopeful

“Freedom is the very essence of our nation. To be sure, ours is not a perfect nation. But even with our troubles, we remain the beacon of hope for oppressed peoples everywhere. Never give up the fight for freedom - a fight which, though it may never end, is the most ennobling known to man.”

Men Fighting Giving Up

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Angry

“Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the tens of thousands of robberies, rapes and assaults committed with handguns. This level of violence must be stopped.”

Gun Average Suicide

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Ronald Reagan

Politician, Actor

“I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.”

Funny Order Nature

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Funny

“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.”

Political Balls Eggs

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Sad

“By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that they never had any intention of restoring one of the most elemental human rights the right to belong to a free trade union.”

Rights Organization Majority

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Peaceful

“We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.”

Responsibility Accepting Brotherly Love

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