"We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas."
-Ronald Reagan
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"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.“
-Ronald Reagan
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"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas."
-Ronald Reagan
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"It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"
-Ronald Reagan
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"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out."
-Ronald Reagan
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"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
-Ronald Reagan
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"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
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-Susan Rice
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"The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation."
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