"By emphasizing the importance of a common..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be as great as her past.
More by Ronald Reagan
“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.”
“Illegal immigrants in considerable numbers have become productive members of our society and are a basic part of our work force. Those who have established equities in the United States should be recognized and accorded legal status. At the same time, in so doing, we must not encourage illegal immigration.”
“I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar.”
More on Language
“Government want to tell you things you can't say because they're against the law, or you can't say this because it's against a regulation, or here's something you can't say because its a... secret; "You can't tell him that because he's not cleared to know that." Government wants to control information and control language because that's the way you control thought, and basically that's the game they're in.”
“What's another word for Thesaurus?”
“Speech is an old torn net, through which the fish escape as one casts it over them.”
More on Culture
“The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on 'I am not too sure'.”
“Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.”
“We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can "show off" and astonish people when we get home. We wish to excite the envy of our untraveled friends with our strange foreign fashions which we can't shake off.”