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But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

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If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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I will begin my presidency with a jobs tour. President Obama began with an apology tour. America, he said, had dictated to other nations. No Mr. President, America has freed other nations from dictators. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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What we have, what we wish we had - ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost - these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#blessed #exercise #faith #free #instead

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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