“The family has always been the cornerstone of American
society. Our families nurture, preserve and pass on to each
succeeding generation the values we share and cherish,
values that are the foundation for our freedoms.”
– Ronald Reagan in a proclamation during
National Family Week, November, 12, 1982
“Abraham Lincoln freed the black man. In many ways,
Dr. King freed the white man. How did he accomplish this
tremendous feat? Where others - white and black - preached
hatred, he taught the principles of love and nonviolence.”
– Ronald Reagan in a speech on the birthday
of Martin Luther King, January 15, 1983
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity
for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization:
Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
– Ronald Reagan in his famous “Tear Down This Wall” speech
at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have
come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
– Ronald Reagan commenting at a business
conference in Los Angeles, March 2, 1977
“Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.”
- Ronald Reagan in his First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
