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“Her many achievements will be appreciated more as time goes on.”

Book:The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

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The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

This book compiles a selection of significant speeches delivered by Ronald Reagan, showcasing his political and philosophical viewpoints. more

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Ronald Reagan

The 40th President of the United States, born on February 6, 1911, and passed away on June 5, 2004. Reagan's presidency was marked by economic prosperity and military strength, and he was known for his conservative political philosophy. more

“When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of big government to provide for the collective good, you spoke of self-reliance, of personal responsibility, of individual pride and integrity. When others preached compromise - when others demanded compromise, you, Ronald Reagan, preached conviction.”

“I think if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened.”

Ifs Thinking War Happened Cold Cold War Breakthrough

Author:Eduard Shevardnadze

“All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two biggest challenges of his time right: defeating the Soviet Union and reviving the American economy and spirit. Neither of those achievements was inevitable. Both were fiercely opposed at the time. But he persisted; his visionary focus matched only by a gentleness of character and a brilliance of rhetoric.”

“Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.”

Men Should Ideas War Cold Intellectual Unions Irony Historian Soviet Cold War Soviet Union Battlefields Commentators

Author:Richard Perle

“You can't uninvent things, you can only make them obsolete... Ronald Reagan understood that the surest method of neutralising any weapon is to make it obsolete.”

War Cold Weapons Understood Method Cold War Obsolete

Author:Mark Steyn

“I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it.”

Thinking Way Different War Country America Path Changed Ready Cold Bills Clinton Cold War Trajectory Different Paths

Author:Barack Obama

“How does it feel to be the 's third choice? Humiliating? You could have thrown a dart. That's how close they were. We had so many excellent candidates.”

Feels Doe War Choices Cold Thirds Excellent Candidates Thrown Cold War Humiliating

Author:Ronald Reagan

“By 1980, we knew it was time to renew our faith, to strive with all our strength toward the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with an orderly society. We believed then and now there are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams.”

Men Humans War Dream Individual Growth Progress Cold Limits Men And Women Ultimate Strive Consistent Cold War Orderly Human Progress Individual Freedom

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Distributed intelligence is the key to the advancement of human civilization. Dictatorships, communist countries, monarchies in the past all eventually collapsed because of their inefficiency in moving information.”

Humans Country Past Moving Information Keys Civilization Computer Communist Dictatorship Advancement Monarchy Inefficiency Human Civilization

Author:Al Gore

“I try to make computers say things like You have 60 seconds to achieve safe distance.”

Trying Achieve Like You Safe Computer Distance Seconds

Author:Terry Pratchett

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