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    Got up this morning, then I found out that former U.S. President Ronald Reagan had died at the age of 93.

    I have no real feelings on this matter, but it is always sad when someone passes away, especially someone who influenced the world so much. Below are some of Reagan’s memoroable quotes, from MSN. 

‘Shining city on a hill’
Let us resolve tonight that young Americans will always … find there a city of hope in a country that is free…. And let us resolve they will say of our day and our generation, we did keep the faith with our God, that we did act worthy of ourselves, that we did protect and pass on lovingly that shining city on a hill." ― Election Eve speech, Nov. 3, 1980

A special interest group that has been too long neglected’
"We hear much of special interest groups. Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected.

"It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and our factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we are sick―professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers.

"They are, in short, ‘We the people,’ this breed called Americans." ―Inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1981

‘I forgot to duck’
"Honey, I forgot to duck." ― 1981, Reagan to his wife, as he recovered gunshot wounds after an assassination attempt by John Hinckley on March 30, 1981

‘Whatever else history may say’
“Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears….

“May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek divine guidance and never lose your natural, God-given optimism.” ―Speech to Republican National Convention, Aug. 17, 1992

‘You don’t become president of the United States’
"When people tell me I became president on January 20, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don’t become president of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the presidency, which belongs to our people." ― Address to the Republican national convention. Aug. 15, 1988