Give Americans a one-piece bathing suit, a hamburger, and five gallons of gasoline, and they are just as tickled as a movie star with a new divorce. Will Rogers

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The American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity. Will Rogers

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We'll hold the distinction of being the only nation in the history of the world that ever went to the poor house in an automobile. Will Rogers

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Coolidge is the first President to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone. Will Rogers

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I'm not running for the presidency because I believe that I can solve the problems we've discussed tonight. I believe the people of this country can. Ronald Wilson Reagan

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America represents something universal in the human spirit. I received a letter not long ago from a man who said, "You can go to Japan to live, but you cannot become Japanese. You can go to France to live and not become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey, and you won't become a German or a Turk." But then he added, "Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American." Ronald Wilson Reagan

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I had a copy of the Soviet Constitution and I read it with great interest. And I saw all kinds of terms in there that sound just exactly like our own: "freedom of assembly" and "freedom of speech" and so forth. Of course, they don't allow them to have those things, but they're in there in the constitution. But I began to wonder about the other constitutions - everyone has one - and our own, and why so much emphasis on ours. And then I found out, and the answer was very simple - that's why you don't notice it at first. But it is so great that it tells the entire difference. All those other constitutions are documents that say, "We, the government, allow the people the following rights," and our Constitution says "We, the People, allow the government the following privileges and rights."

We give our permission to government to do the things that it does. And that's the whole story of the difference - why we're unique in the world and why no matter what our troubles may be, we're going to overcome. Ronald Wilson Reagan

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This country [America] was not built by men who relied on somebody else to take care of them. It was built by men who relied on themselves, who dared to shape their own lives, who had enough courage to blaze new trails - enough confidence in themselves to take the necessary risks. J. Ollie Edmunds

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Whether one traces his Americanisms back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat. Calvin Coolidge

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I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say "I am an American." Gouverneur Morris

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Let the people know the truth and the country is safe. Abraham Lincoln

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. Abraham Lincoln

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