America Remembers Ronald Reagan
Today is the first anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death, and so it is fitting that pieces like this are running in newspapers across America.
For my own tribute to Ronald Reagan click here.
Although we remember his death, most of all, we celebrate President Reagan's life -- devoted to the United States of America, and the cause of freedom.
For my own tribute to Ronald Reagan click here.
Although we remember his death, most of all, we celebrate President Reagan's life -- devoted to the United States of America, and the cause of freedom.
posted by LadybugUSA at 1:00 PM
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Carol - We should also honor the death of another great American on this day in 1968. A life snuffed out by assasination in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angles, 5 June 1968.
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968)
From his speech at the Commonwealth Club -
Beyond our borders, we have become the greatest force in the world. Some have even spoken of us as the new imperial power. Even if we should desire such a role, it is no longer possible, as the history of the last 20 years has so unmistakably shown. The day has passed when a country can successfully rule distant lands by force. The issue for us is whether we will live as an island in the midst of a hostile world community or whether we will be joined with other independent nations in search of common goals. We must understand this, because so much depends on what is going to happen in the future as to whether this concept is clear to us. Other countries will associate themselves with us, not because they will be forced to, but because they find in our acts and in our policies a common interest and an understanding of their own ideals and their own aspirations; an understanding of the values that they can respect and admire; an understanding of the values that they can strive to emulate; thus consideration of our wealth and our power brings us full circle to the question with which we began: What do we stand for? Nor should we be surprised, for this is the most powerful and constant lesson of all of history.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/20thcentury/68-01kennedy-speech.html
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