"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
-Ronald Reagan
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"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.“
-Ronald Reagan
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
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"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."
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"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
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"We are never defeated unless we give up on God."
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"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
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"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around."
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"I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector."
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