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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 29, 1988

I'm honored more than you can know to receive this year's Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 28, 1988

Come to think of it, I'll stack our record of competence against any, any day of the week.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1988

I call upon all Americans to observe this day by replacing their smoke detectors' batteries and by testing their detectors at the same time they return their clocks to Standard Time.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1988

I hereby note that the final report of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget indicated that no aggregate outlay reduction is required.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1988

Make a false move, and the next sound you hear is the clang of a jail cell door slamming shut.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1988

You and I work much too hard to cut your taxes to let our opponents come into office and raise them all over again.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1988

I couldn't help thinking the problem with those fellows on the other side is not camera angles or lighting.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1988

Do you want Washington run by those whose only pledge of allegiance is to more government and more spending?

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1988

Everything that you and I and George Bush have worked for these last 8 years could be lost faster than you can say gun control.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1988

I call it the most liberal prison program since Billy the Kid sprung the Lincoln County jail.

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