The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
Edited compilation of speeches made by Ronald Reagan during his Presidency
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
Jan 25, 1984 Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union. "For us, faith, work, family, neighborhood, freedom, and peace are not just words; they're expressions of what America means, definitions of what makes us a good and loving people." edit "How can we not believe in the greatness of America? How can we not do what is right and needed to preserve this last best hope of man on Earth? After all our struggles to restore America, to revive confidence in our country, hope for our future, after all our hard-won victories earned through the patience and courage of every citizen, we cannot, must not, and will not turn back. We will finish our job. How could we do less? We're Americans."
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
Feb 6, 1984 Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Remarks at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. "We didn't seek this leadership. It was thrust upon us. In the dark days after World War II when much of the civilized world lay in ruins, Pope Pius XII said, 'The American people have a genius for splendid and unselfish action, and into the hands of America, God has placed the destinies of afflicted humanity.'"
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
June 6, 1984. Excerpt from Ronald Reagna Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-day. Pointe du Hoc, France. "All of you loved liberty. All of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you. The Americans who fought here that morning knew word of the invasion was spreading through the darkness back home. They fought - or felt in their hearts, though they couldn't know in fact, that in Georgia they were filling the churches at 4 a.m., in Kansas they were kneeling on their porches and praying, and in Philadelphia they were ringing the Liberty Bell. Something else helped the men of D-day: their rockhard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here; that God was an ally in this great cause. And so, the night before the invasion, when Colonel Wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer he told them: Do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see God and ask His blessing in what we're about to do."
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
May 16, 1984 Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Remarks at the Annual Awards Dinner of the White House News Photographers Association. "Living in the United States, for example, we might begin to take democracy for granted. And then we see a news photo of people lined up at ballot boxes in El Salvador -- simple men and women who've braved death threats to travel into town and cast their votes. We see the care in their faces and the life of hard work in their shoulders and hands, and we remember once again why we strive for democracy and peace."
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
Aug 23, 1984 Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Remarks Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas. TLS delegates on floor; MS's corn-fed delegates in GOP wares & clothing; good LS's of Reagan on podium, speaking to crowd. "... Vietnamese immigrant, his little son held on his shoulders, dodged photographers and policemen to cheer a 19-year-old black man pushing an 88-year-old white woman in a wheelchair as she carried the torch. My friends, that's America." Crowd cheering and waving flags. TV feed of him on large monitor. "Just this past Fourth of July, the torch atop the Statue of Liberty was hoisted down for replacement. We can be forgiven for thinking that maybe it was just worn out from lighting the way to freedom for 17 million new Americans. So, now we'll put up a new one. The poet called Miss Liberty's torch the ``lamp beside the golden door.'' Well, that was the entrance to America, and it still is. And now you really know why we're here tonight. The glistening hope of that lamp is still ours. Every promise, every opportunity is still golden in this land. And through that golden door our children can walk into tomorrow with the knowledge that no one can be denied the promise that is America. Her heart is full; her door is still golden, her future bright. She has arms big enough to comfort and strong enough to support, for the strength in her arms is the strength of her people. She will carry on in the eighties unafraid, unashamed, and unsurpassed. In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America." CU young blond woman leaning against American flag, tears close to forming in her eyes; CU's delegates listening to President Reagan; wide LS of delegation standing, applauding at conclusion; tight LS podium, crowd waving American flags.
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
Oct 24, 1985 Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Address to the 40th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York. "America is committed to the world because so much of the world is inside America. After all, only a few miles from this very room is our Statue of Liberty, past which life began anew for millions, where the peoples from nearly every country in this hall joined to build these United States. The blood of each nation courses through the American vein and feeds the spirit that compels us to involve ourselves in the fate of this good Earth."
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
July 3, 1986 Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Remarks at the Opening Ceremonies of the Statue of Liberty Centennial Celebration in New York, New York. First Lady NANCY REAGAN at his side, President Reagan recounts several immigrants' initial observations of the famed Statue; C/A of TV screen, animated image of the Statue. "And which of us does not think of other grandfathers and grandmothers, from so many places around the globe, for whom this statue was the first glimpse of America? ``She was silhouetted very clear,'' one of them wrote about standing on deck as their ship entered New York Harbor. ``We passed her very slowly. Of course we had to look up. She was beautiful.'' Another talked of how all the passengers rushed to one side of the boat for a fast look at their new home and at her. ``Everybody was crying. The whole boat bent toward her. She was beautiful with the early morning light.'' To millions returning home, especially from foreign wars, she was also special. A young World War I captain of artillery described how, on a troopship returning from France, even the most hard-bitten veteran had trouble blinking back the tears. ``I've never seen anything that looked so good,'' that doughboy, Harry Truman, wrote to his fiance, Bess, back in Independence, Missouri, ``as the Liberty Lady in New York Harbor.'' And that is why tonight we celebrate this mother of exiles who lifts her light beside the golden door." edit "And now we will unveil that gallant lady. Thank you, and God bless you all." MS of Nancy and Ron to wide LS of Hudson area, the unveiling ceremony about to begin... after much orchestral pomp and circumstance; zoom in to tighter shot of the Statue of Liberty all lit up. MS's Ron and Nancy on platform, looking at the Statue to the strains of "America the Beautiful". Tight shot of the Statue.
The Great Communicator Vol 3: Reagan on Government & the American Dream
Nov 5, 1984. Excerpt from Ronald Reagan Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in San Diego, California. "We survived, when I was a young man, a Great Depression, a worldwide depression that toppled governments in many parts of the world, but not ours. We came back from Pearl Harbor to win the greatest military victory in the history of the world. And in a single lifetime, my lifetime, we have gone from the horse and buggy to landing astronauts on the Moon. As a people, we have fought harder, paid a higher price, done more to advance the freedom and dignity of man than any other people on Earth. Ours is the land of the free because it's the home of the brave."