Ronald Reagan quotes
1911–2004 · Tampico, IL
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.
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- Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College in Illinois, May 9, 1982
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Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "the mess we're in."
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- Remarks at a Reception for Members of the Associated General Contractors of America, March 16, 1981
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- Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987
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The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.
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- Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, January 28, 1986
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We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around.
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- Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
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- Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara