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Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

Best Effort Missing Strive

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Inspirational Peace Success

America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the stronger - not only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.

Country Determination Love

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.

America Organization Party

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

Luck Motivational Trying

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Made Made A Mistake Mistake

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

Communication Important Life Is

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

Dream Fall Inspirational Life

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

Believe Civilization Government

Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.

Carpe Diem Children School

We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.

Independence Presidential Years

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

Compassion Matter Mercy

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule. But there is a higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy.

Love Men Names

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

Democracy Government Process

Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

Excellence Goal Motivation

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

Confusion Progress Trials

America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.

Hate Healing Revenge

Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life.

Form Government Way

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

Firsts Men Speech

Richard Nixon... was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

Millions Television Television Commercials