"...We will show the world that America is still the place where freedom reigns and Liberty will never die."
‘The choice is between normal or crazy’
Tag: American rhetoric
This one’s on us
"It’s easy to call these kids ‘snowflakes,’ but where do you suppose they came from?"
Act. Advance.
Thrashing isn't the same thing as acting...
Exemplary
If that sort of thing doesn't make you smile, sorry, we'll never be very good friends...
‘The last stand’
"If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to." (Ronald Reagan, 1964)
‘Four Freedoms’ & living in post-Constitution America
Government doesn't create rights. It doesn't grant rights. There are natural rights every citizen was born with, a number of which are protected by the Constitution, and government has no authority to nullify them...
Presume Liberty
Walk through your American Life with the presumption of Liberty...
Be an American worth dying for
"Gratitude is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in the heart." (Robert Green Ingersoll)
Flashback: ‘A very American thing to do’ (1989)
Two days, two flashbacks, two speeches by Ronald Reagan. They're the stuff of American rhetorical legend, and his 1989 farewell address — bookending 1964’s “A Time For Choosing,” which...
Flashback: ‘So we have come to a time for choosing’ (1964)
When a speech becomes known, simply, as "The Speech," its significance is established. "A Time for Choosing," delivered by private citizen Ronald Reagan in support of 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, is regarded as the most consequential address in modern American political history. These excerpts barely scratch the surface.