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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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Oct 29, 1986

The Supreme Court has held that transmission errors of this sort do not in any way vitiate the legal effect of a President's signature.

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Oct 29, 1986

Will you choose to give our cleanup crew a chance to finish the job?

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Oct 29, 1986

It's great to get out of Washington and get out back to where the real people are.

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Oct 28, 1986

Well, we threw that sign away and now it reads, 'Don't Tread on Me.'

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Oct 28, 1986

You send Dan Quayle back there so that we've got a Republican Senate for 2 more years, and I'll be happy.

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Oct 28, 1986

America used to wear a 'Kick Me' sign around its neck. We threw that sign away, and now it reads, 'Don't Tread on Me.'

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Oct 28, 1986

I pledge to you our goal is to keep America strong, to save the West from nuclear terror, to make ballistic missiles obsolete.

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Oct 28, 1986

Do you want to go back to the days of big spending, high taxes, and runaway inflation?

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Oct 28, 1986

And let me pledge to you: Our goal is to keep America strong.

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Oct 28, 1986

It's great to get out of Washington and get back to where the real people are.

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Oct 28, 1986

Vote for Rick McIntyre and Dan Quayle, you'll be winning one for yourselves, you'll be winning one for Indiana, and believe me, you'll be winning one for America.

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Oct 28, 1986

These differences we have on taxes and spending remind me of a Democratic fundraiser.

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Oct 28, 1986

We created over 11 1/2 million new jobs in a little less than 4 years.

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Oct 28, 1986

I'd rather have a Judiciary Committee headed by Senator Strom Thurmond than one run by Teddy Kennedy any day.

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Oct 28, 1986

Will you choose the Democratic leaders who in 1980 weakened our nation?

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Oct 28, 1986

Believe me, as a farmer says, I intend to throw some hay down here where the goats can get at it.

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Oct 28, 1986

The American people know the truth: We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little; we have a deficit because the Congress spends too much.

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Oct 28, 1986

Vote against power politics. Vote fairness, and vote for balance.

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Oct 28, 1986

When it's your turn to take charge, that's what we're going to turn over to you.

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Oct 28, 1986

It's time we restored balance to the House of Representatives.

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Oct 28, 1986

Yes—wait a minute—until I learned that the liberal leadership of the Democratic Party had gone a direction that took them completely out of step with millions of hard-working, patriotic men and women.

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Oct 28, 1986

Neither Rick nor I will be satisfied until this expansion reaches every sector of our economy and every home in America.

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Oct 27, 1986

We cut government growth, slashed regulations, and cut income taxes almost 25 percent.

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Oct 27, 1986

I am disapproving H.R. 4175 because it would not repeal the Maritime Administration's Title XI loan program, as I proposed in the 1987 Budget.

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