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President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.

There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, and that we could probably have something here that we believed we had a chance to reach greatness.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.