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Here are my FAVORITE QUOTES of all time - ENJOY!

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My personal quote that I like to live by:

 "Nothing is so good that it couldn't be better, and nothing is so bad that it couldn't be worse."

Churchill

Winston Churchill favorites:

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. 

 

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

 

It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses. 

 

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. 

 

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

 

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

 

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

 

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. 
 
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Reagan

Ronald Reagan favorites:

The problem is not that people are taxed too little,
the problem is that government spends too much.

 

Trust, but verify.

 

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. 

 

Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!  

 

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

 

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.

 

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong

 

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. 
 

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Abraham Lincoln favorites: 
 

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.
 

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.


No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.


You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time,
but you cannot fool all the people all the time.


You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

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