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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  2. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

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  4. There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

  5. Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

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