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Revision as of 15:06, 25 April 2022

I frequently find myself quoting Reagan's speeches and radio broadcasts, because much of what he said is still relevant.

"They say we offer simple answers to complex problems. Well, perhaps there is a simple answer — not an easy answer — but simple."
(A Time For Choosing)

I am going to attempt to create on this page, a collection of his best/most relevant lines and ideally make them such that they can be placed into a social media post without losing their value.

Quote
Source
Subject
Click to Post
We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness. A Time For Choosing Freedoms Post to Twitter
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights was to forever put them (our god-given unalienable rights) beyond reach of majority rule. The Myth of the Great Society Freedoms Post to Twitter
Thomas Jefferson said, "If we let Washington tell us when to sow and when to reap, the nation shall soon want for bread." Encroaching Control Regulation
But wouldn't it make a lot more sense to keep some of that money here in the local community to begin with instead of than routing it through that Puzzle Palace on the Potomac where its returned to us, minus a sizable carrying charge? Encroaching Control Bureaucracy