President Ronald Reagan was the best president of the United States in my lifetime, until President Trump. The reason I think President Trump trumps (pun intended) President Reagan as the best president of my lifetime is because of the adversity and persecution he has faced since he announced he was running and throughout his presidency. The left is relentless in their hatred for what's right and in their persecution of President Trump and his quest to preserve our freedoms and to make America great again.
I was reading an article about President Reagan's warnings about the future of the United States. So I wanted to post a few of his quotes. Then I found a bunch of images of more quotes from President Reagan so I am including a few of those on here also.
Like President Trump, President Reagan is a very wise man who understands the importance of freedom and the role God plays in maintaining our freedoms.
Here are some of the quotes from President Reagan:
"We’ve got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom — freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise..."
“And freedom is special and rare. It’s fragile.”
Reagan elaborated on this point in his first inaugural address as California governor in January 1967, saying, “Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.
“It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.It must be fought for, protected, and handed down for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." -- Ronald Reagan
President Reagan's prophetic quote from decades ago, is now coming true. We are seeing our freedoms, which were paid for by brave men who fought so valiantly to preserve them for us-- sometimes paying the ultimate price-- being taken from us. President Reagan was right, freedom must be fought for and protected by each generation.
"Without God, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we're mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." -- President Ronald Reagan
Yet another prophetic statement from President Reagan that is coming true today. President Reagan was spot on when he said that without God democracy will not and cannot endure. And that if we forget that we are one nation under God, we will be a nation gone under. We see it happening now. As our society turns from God, our democracy is crumbling and we are losing our nation and freedoms.
"The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith. -- Ronald Reagan
"If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth." -- Ronald Reagan
The United States of America is the land of the free. It is the promised land promised by God. There is no other nation on earth that is consecrated by God to be a land of liberty.
"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged." -- Ronald Reagan
"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." -- Ronald Reagan
"My fellow Americans, this is the 34th time I'll speak to you from the Oval Office, and the last. ..."It's been the honor of my life to be your President. ..."Because that's what it has to - it was to be an American in the 1980's; We stood, again, for freedom. I know we always have but in the past few years the world - again, and in a way, we ourselves - rediscovered it."It's been quite a journey this decade, and we held together through some stormy seas. And at the end, together, we are reaching our destination...."The way I see it, there were two great triumphs, two things that I'm proudest of. One is the economic recovery, in which the people of America created - and filled - 19 million new jobs. The other is the recovery of our morale: America is respected again in the world, and looked to for leadership...."Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. So we cut the people's tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before. The economy bloomed like a plant that had been cut back and could now grow quicker and stronger...."Common sense also told us that to preserve the peace we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So we rebuilt our defenses - and this New Year we toasted the new peacefulness around the globe. Not only have the superpowers actually begun to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons - and hope for even more progress is bright - but the regional conflicts that rack the globe are also beginning to cease...."The lesson of all this was, of course, that because we're a great nation, our challenges seem complex. It will always be this way. But as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours."And something else we learned: once you begin a great movement, there's no telling where it'll end. We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world...."I never meant to go into politics: it wasn't my intention when I was young. But I was raised to believe you had to pay your way for the blessings bestowed on you. I was happy with my career in the entertainment world, but I ultimately went into politics because I wanted to protect something precious. 'We the People.'"We the People" tell the Government what to do, it doesn't tell us. "We the people" are the driver - the Government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which "We the People" tell the Government what it is allowed to do. "We the people" are free."This belief has been the underlying basis for everything I tried to do these past eight years."But back in the 1960's when I began, it seemed to me that we'd begun reversing the order of things - that through more and more rules and regulations and confiscatory taxes, the Government was taking more of our freedom. I went into politics in part to put up my hand and say, "Stop!" I was a citizen-politician, and it seemed the right thing for a citizen to do."I think we have stopped a lot of what needed stopping. And I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts....
"Nothing is less free than pure communism...
"... one of the things I'm proudest of in the past eight years; the resurgence of national pride that I called "the new patriotism." This national feeling is good, but it won't count for much, and it won't last unless it's grounded in thoughtfulness and knowledge."An informed patriotism is what we want. And are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?...
"But now we're about to enter the Nineties, and some things have changed.... And as for those who create the popular culture, well-grounded patriotism is no longer the style.
"Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise - and freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs protection...."If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. I am warning of an eradication of that - of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit."Let's start with some basics - more attention to American history and a greater emphasis of civic ritual. And let me offer lesson No. 1 about America : All great change in America begins at the dinner table. So tomorrow night in the kitchen I hope the talking begins. And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American - let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do...."And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the Pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home."We've done our part. ..."My friends, we did it...."And so, goodbye."God bless you. And God bless the United States of America." -- President Ronald Reagan, January 11, 1989, Farewell Address
And God bless you, President Reagan.
What an amazing man and leader President Reagan was. He and President Trump are very similar in many ways. Neither of them aspired to politics, yet they were both willing to serve when needed. A lot of the things president Reagan said in his farewell address, are things the President Trump could say today. They both had the same goals to make America great again. And they both accomplished it.
Unfortunately, many of the things that president Reagan warned us about, are happening now. Kids are not being taught history, people are turning from God and religion, therefore we are experiencing a loss of patriotism and freedom.
Freedom is fragile. Freedom is special and rare, it needs protection, and must be fought for.
That's my two cents.
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