I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.
The very key to our success has been our ability, foremost among nations, to preserve our lasting values by making change work for us rather than against us.
- Topic: Change
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The greatest leader is not the the one who necessarily does the greatest things. He is the one who gets people to do the greatest things. He is
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Now what should happen when you make a mistake is this: You take your knocks, you learn your lessons and then you move on. That’s the healthiest way to deal with a problem.
Either you will control your government, or government will control you.
Protecting your virtue you have to learn to say no.
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What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?
To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.
Most bold change is the result of a hundred thousand tiny changes that culminate in a bold product or procedure or structure.
God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
True life is lived with tiny changes occur.
I shall work for the Republican party and call on all women to join me, precisely…for what that party has done and promises to do for women, nothing more, nothing less.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
