The world recently passed the anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin wall. This one act provided freedom to a generation that could only dream in their hearts how freedom would feel. This one act provided another generation the ability to accept this new found freedom and do what ever it takes to keep it, nourish it and prosper within its vast opportunities. Sadly as the world observed this event, the world’s press chose to ignore the true architect of the destruction of the Berlin Wall, Ronald Wilson Reagan. Instead they chose to trot out Mikhail Gorbachev as the ‘hero’. To that end I present a tribute, in his own words, to the true hero, the true champion of Freedom, President Ronald Reagan: A Voice for Every Generation.
“America needs God more than God needs America. If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
“Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.”
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.”
“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
“I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.”
“The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.”
“Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
“The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.”
“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
“Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.”
“No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”
“If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.”
“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions,”
“Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.”
“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.”
“Liberalism has nothing more to say, nothing to add to the debate. It has spent its intellectual capital, such as it was-and it has done its deeds.”
“Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”
“Let us resolve that young Americans will always find there is 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 an a hill.”
“America is too great for small dreams.”
“Freedom is not something to be secured in any one moment of time. We must struggle to preserve it everyday. And freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
“How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
“Those doing all the criticizing had their chance. In the four years before we got to Washington they had it all. They had the whole enchilada…they virtually had a free hand and all they could think to do with that free hand was stick it in your pocket.”
“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, to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way.”
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