Political Quotes

Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Reagan's presidency is noted for significant tax cuts, a strong anti-communist foreign policy, and the deregulation of various industries. His administration also faced challenges such as the Iran-Contra affair and economic issues, including inflation and unemployment.

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Sep 20, 1981

You can give a hungry man a fish and he'll be hungry tomorrow, or you can teach him to fish and he'll never be hungry again.

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Sep 20, 1981

We have drifted, as a people, too far away from the voluntarism that so characterized our country for so many years.

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Sep 20, 1981

The one with the least overhead is the private effort; next is the community or local effort if it is a public effort, but the highest of all is the Federal Government.

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Sep 20, 1981

Judge O'Connor's confirmation symbolizes the richness of opportunity that still abides in America.

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Sep 20, 1981

Judge O'Connor is, as I have come to know personally, a very warm and brilliant woman who has had an outstanding career in Arizona.

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Sep 20, 1981

She believes, as she said in her Senate testimony, that a judge is on the bench to interpret the law, not to make it.

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Sep 20, 1981

The possibilities are limitless for what we can take over that government has once been doing.

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Sep 20, 1981

Some individual sees a problem... they walk across the street to a friend or a neighbor and they tell them of the problem, and they talk about it.

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Sep 17, 1981

The government owes a thousand billion dollars and must pay interest every day on that gargantuan amount.

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