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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

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People should not have to pay for pollution they do not cause.

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My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.

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When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

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The Jews are irreligious, atheistic, immoral bunch of bastards.

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There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

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The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

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What are our schools for if not for indoctrination against communism?

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Make sure you pay your taxes; otherwise you can get in a lot of trouble.

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Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency.

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There is nothing wrong with this country which a good election can't fix.

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Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.

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Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is worth trying once in a while.

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I screwed up terribly in what was a little thing and it became a big thing.

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I never say something I cannot do. And I always will do more than I can say.

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I think the vice president should do anything the president wants him to do.

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Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole.

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When they go to take a bite out of the world, the Soviets are not fussy eaters.

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They can do it. Just leave them alone. That's a lifestyle I don't want to touch.

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My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct.

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By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.

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This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.

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While might certainly does not make right, neither does right by itself make might.

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Foreign aid is the most unpopular damn thing in the world. It is a loser politically.

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My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision.

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For years politicians have promised the moon, I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.
On the first moon landing

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I recognize that this additional material I am now furnishing may further damage my case.

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Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed...

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Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.

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The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.

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