One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
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The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.Ronald Reagan
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
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Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Ronald Reagan
We cannot stop at the foothills when Everest lies ahead.
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Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.
Ronald Reagan
All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital -- ancient king, dictator, or private individual. We should properly be looking at the contrast between a free market system where individuals have the right to live like kings if they have the ability to earn that right and government control of the market system such as we find today in socialist nations.
Ronald Reagan
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