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Happy 100th birthday, President Reagan

Posted 06 Feb 2011 in Ronald Reagan

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Happy birthday to our 40th United States President,
Ronald Wilson Reagan
(February 6, 1911– June 5, 2004)

This is President Reagan’s tribute shown at the 2008 Republican convention:

“Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way. My fondest hope for each one of you—and especially for the young people here—is that you will love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism. May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will make the world a little better for your having been here. May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek divine guidance and never lose your natural, God-given optimism. And finally, my fellow Americans, may every dawn be a great new beginning for America and every evening bring us closer to that shining city upon a hill.”
~ Ronald Reagan (1992)

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RELATED: Proof penned what might be the best summary of Dutch’s centennial:

“The great thing about Reagan is how he still inspires men of good will and infuriates men of weak minds”

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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