Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.Ronald Reagan
Draft registration destroys the very values that our society is committed to defending.
Ronald Reagan
We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Ronald Reagan
The neutron warhead is a defensive weapon designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations.
Ronald Reagan
The Democrats may remember their lines, but how quickly they forget the lessons of the past. I have witnessed five major wars in my lifetime, and I know how swiftly storm clouds can gather on a peaceful horizon. The next time a Saddam Hussein takes over Kuwait, or North Korea brandishes a nuclear weapon, will we be ready to respond In the end, it all comes down to leadership, and that is what this country is looking for now. (RNC Annual Gala, Feb. 3, 1994)
Ronald Reagan
Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears.
Ronald Reagan
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