September 30, 2009
- Ronald Reagan
Most never met Ronald Reagan. Millions may have no concrete memory of him.
It wasn’t necessary to have met him – to inevitably love him.
His greatness cannot be explained in countless columns. It will take years to begin to grasp his contributions to America and the world, as history unfolds.
Ronald Reagan loved the United States of America…and America loved Ronald Reagan. His optimism was infectious. He lifted our spirits, just like the foam atop the waves in the sea. He made us believe, just like Jimmy Stewart in “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
Ronald Reagan was great. He never gave up, and he never gave up on America. Importantly, he never apologized for her. He never doubted the American spirit and resolve. He believed in the American people’s desire to do the moral and decent thing.
Mr. Reagan was one of the people. He rejected Washington elitism. He created the greatest economic expansion in American history – arguably, since World War II.
Against the odds and all learned economic opinion, Ronald Reagan lowered inflation during the midst of one of the most unbridled economies and growth period in history.
In her memoir “The Downing Street Years,” Margaret Thatcher recalled her first meeting with Ronald Reagan in 1975, when she was leader of the Opposition and he was governor of California. She was won over by Reagan’s “warmth, charm and complete lack of affectation — qualities which never altered in the years of leadership which lay ahead.”
Above all, I knew that I was talking to someone who instinctively felt and thought as I did,” she added.
“To have achieved so much against so many odds and with such humor and humanity made Ronald Reagan a truly great American hero,” Thatcher added.
The United States of America is a great country with great people, founded as one nation under GOD.
May GOD Bless the United States of America and her people.
Below are a few memorable quotes from Mr. Reagan.
“Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.” – Ronald Reagan
”There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” – Ronald Reagan
“Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.” Ronald Reagan
“There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.” – Ronald Reagan
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
Ronald Reagan
”The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
”Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.” – Ronald Reagan
”I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.” – Ronald Reagan
”The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.” Ronald Reagan
”Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.” – Ronald Reagan
”The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.” – Ronald Reagan
”It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.” – Ronald Reagan
”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.” – Ronald Reagan
”Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.” – Ronald Reagan
”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.” - Ronald Reagan
“If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” - Ronald Reagan
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