I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here.
#RONALD-REAGAN, farewell address, Jan. 11, 1989
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You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.
#RONALD-REAGAN, televised speech, Oct. 27, 1964
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The ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
#RONALD-REAGAN, remarks to Future Farmers of America, Jul. 28, 1988
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Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. ... The Goliath of totalitarianism will be brought down by the David of the #microchip.
#RONALD-REAGAN, The Guardian, Jun. 14, 1989
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The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1984
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The most powerful force we can enlist against the Federal deficit is an ever-expanding American economy, unfettered and free.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Feb. 4, 1986
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We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us wiser than we were.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Feb. 6, 1985
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A strong American economy is essential to the well-being and security of our friends and allies.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1983
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Without a vision the people perish.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Feb. 6, 1985
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Simple fairness dictates that #government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1984
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There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Feb. 6, 1985
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Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.
#RONALD-REAGAN, State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1984
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If you're explaining, you're losing.
#RONALD-REAGAN, The Reagan Diaries
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Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.
#RONALD-REAGAN
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Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.
#RONALD-REAGAN
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Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook.
#RONALD-REAGAN, Speaking My Mind
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Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
#RONALD-REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1981
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Government is not the solution to our problem. #Government is the problem.
#RONALD-REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
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I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.
#RONALD-REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
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I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.
#RONALD-REAGAN, speech, Aug. 8, 1983