“If the American people stop long enough to understand the strength, the morality, and the courage that runs deep in our national character, then I believe we will have turned the corner in our struggle to renew our national life."
03/07/1982,Remarks of the President and Mrs. Reagan at the Final Program of the ``Young Artists in Performance at the White House" Series
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is the nonprofit organization created by President Reagan himself and specifically charged by him with continuing his legacy and sharing his principles - individual liberty,
economic opportunity, global democracy and national pride. The
Foundation is a non-partisan organization which sustains the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, the Reagan Center for Public
Affairs, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning Center
and its internationally recognized, award-winning Discovery Center, and
the Air Force One Pavilion.
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During his eight years as President, Ronald Reagan recorded his innermost thoughts
and observations in his personal diary. These handwritten diaries have been coupled
with his White House Diary - a daily schedule of meetings and events the President
attended - to provide insights into the historic, the extraordinary, and the routine
day-to-day events of his Presidency.
Read the Diaries
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President Reagan promoted leadership, advanced communication and advocated freedom.
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Ronald Reagan dreamt of a nation focused on freedom and achieving its "destiny to
be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see."
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"And, I won a nickname, "The Great Communicator." But I never thought it was my
style or the words I used that made a difference: it was the content. I wasn't a
great communicator, but I communicated great things [that] came from the heart of
a great nation."
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"You can't be pessimistic about anything. You always have to be optimistic that
you can solve something, anything, in life."
- Nancy Reagan
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