Ronald Reagan Quotes
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.
Reagan, Ronald. "A Time for Choosing." 27 Oct. 1964, Los Angeles, CA. Television broadcast.
King Philip was the great Indian leader of the time.
Smith and his converts were severely persecuted and the governments at the time (local, State, and Federal) would not uphold many of their rights and freedoms. Hence the observation. Smith had written to most of the then likely Presidential candidates of both major parties asking for their position on the Mormons who were facing persecution wherever they went. None of the politicians would make and satisfactory commitments. Smith took Direct Action and became the only major religious official to have run for the Presidency of the United States until Pat Robertson tried and failed in 2000. Smith’s assassination shortly thereafter cut his run for the Presidency short before it made much headway and politically he had no chance to affect the race.
This quotation about George Washington is one of the best complements ever paid to any political leader.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.
