Ronald Reagan in Quotations
A Topical Dictionary, with Sources, of the Presidential Years
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About the Book
President Ronald Reagan’s folksy way with words and evocative delivery earned him the moniker “The Great Communicator.” From witty political challenges like “Go ahead, make my day” to legendary international demands such as “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” Reagan’s idioms have become engrained in America’s historical lexicon. This encyclopedic compilation gathers nearly 2500 quotations from speeches and other public addresses that Reagan delivered, either in person or on radio or television, during his eight years as president. Organized topically into more than 60 primary subject areas, the entries reveal Reagan’s policy thought on issues from abortion to welfare reform. Each includes information on the title, date, venue, and audience of the speech from which the phrase is taken. The most comprehensive collection of Reagan quotations available, this accessible work offers new and revealing insights into the mind and heart of the fortieth president.
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Bibliographic Details
Compiled by David B. Frost
Format: hardcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 232
Bibliographic Info: index
Copyright Date: 2012
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6581-1
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8786-8
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Abortion 3
Agriculture 5
American Exceptionalism 7
American Spirit 13
Apartheid 17
Arts and Humanities 17
Berlin Wall 18
Brotherhood 21
Budgetary and Fiscal Policies 22
Business 45
Central Intelligence Agency 47
Class Warfare 48
Communism 49
Constitution 52
Crime and Justice 54
Declaration of Independence 59
Democracy 60
Developing (Third World) Economies 62
Education 63
Elections and Voting 69
Energy Policy 71
Environment 72
Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights 73
Family 78
Foreign Policy 81
Founding Fathers 83
Free Market Capitalism 84
Freedom and Liberty 89
God and Country 101
Government 105
Healthcare 118
Holocaust 118
Human Rights 120
Human Spirit 122
Immigration and Ethnic Diversity 124
International Relations 126
International Trade 129
Israel and the Middle East 134
Judiciary 136
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 140
Labor 141
National Security 142
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 155
Olympics 156
Patriotism 157
Peace 159
Political Leadership 163
Politics 168
Presidency 174
Reagan on Reagan 177
School Prayer 194
Science and Technology 196
Senior Citizens 198
Social Security 198
Soviet Union 199
Space Program 203
Terrorism 204
Unemployment 206
United Nations 207
Veterans 208
Voluntarism 211
Washington, D.C 213
Welfare 216
Index 221
Book Reviews & Awards
- “highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review
- “this comprehensive and accessible collection of quotation provides both an important adjunct to the study of the fortieth US president, but also makes an excellent starting point for further thoughts on the subjects covered. It is an entertaining browse as well as a useful sourcebook”—Reference Reviews