Ronald Reagan Quotes
Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning... Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives, and let us resolve to face the challenges of the new year holding that conviction firmly in our hearts. That, after all, is our greatest strength and our greatest gift as Americans.
Reagan, Ronald. "Radio Address to the Nation on New Year's Day." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1983, United States Government Printing Office, 1984, p. 1.
One of Germany's oldest universities had organized a book burning.
See Gail Sheehy for a later, similar view, but of America.
The first Jew to run for the Vice Presidency on a major party ticket.
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.