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About Me

Even before he made the White House his home, Ronald Reagan spoke for the American people, capturing the hearts of small-town citizens and world leaders alike. His remarkable career in public life, spanning over fifty years, began in the Midwest as a student leader and sports broadcaster, then in Hollywood as an actor and long-time director of the Screen Actors Guild, later as Governor of California, and finally, as President of the United States. His legacy, too, is extraordinary: In eight short years as President, Ronald Reagan presided over epochal international changes and ushered in unparalleled peace and prosperity - not only to his country but the world.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for eight years did the work that brought America back.

Music:

Nothing thrilled me more than looking up at a wind-blown American flag while listening to a choir sing, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," my favorite song.

Heroes:

Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter, and they're on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They're individuals and families whose taxes support the government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet, but deep. Their values sustain our national life.

My Blog

The Unknown Soldier

My fellow Americans: Memorial Day is a day of ceremonies and speeches. Throughout America today, we honor the dead of our wars. We recall their valor and their sacrifices. We remember they gave their...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:24:00 PST

Time to Recapture our Destiny

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation: With a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust, I accept your nomination for the...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:24:00 PST

The Creative Society

Each generation is critical of its predecessor. And as the day nears when the classroom and playing field must give way to that larger arena with its problems of inequity and human misunderstanding, i...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:23:00 PST

Second Inaugural Address

Senator Mathias, Chief Justice Burger, Vice President Bush, Speaker O'Neill, Senator Dole, reverend clergy, and members of my family and friends and my fellow citizens: This day has been made brighte...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:22:00 PST

Tear Down this Wall

Thank you very much. Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:22:00 PST

Intent to Run for President

Good evening. I am here tonight to announce my intention to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States. I'm sure that each of us has seen our country from a number of viewpoints...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:21:00 PST

Farewell Address

This is the 34th time I'll speak to you from the Oval Office and the last. We've been together eight years now, and soon it'll be time for me to go. But before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts, s...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:20:00 PST

First Inaugural

Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O'Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens. To a few of us here today thi...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:20:00 PST

Challenger

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and rememb...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:19:00 PST

A Time for Choosing

Thank you very much. Thank you and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn't been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have bee...
Posted by Ronald Wilson Reagan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:18:00 PST