THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
THE ELECTION OF RONALD REAGAN IN 1980
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“[We are] going to continue to fight communism. Now I am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism. We are not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police. That is what some people would like to do. We are not going to try to control what our people read and say and think. We are not going to turn the United States into a right-wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left-wing totalitarian threat.”
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“It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.”
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“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
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“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman’s famous quotes: “When even one American-who has done nothing wrong-is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth-then all Americans are in peril.” The Truman Doctrine of Containment dictated many of his decisions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Truman Quotes AMERICA WAS BUILT ON COURAGE, ON IMAGINATION AND AN UNBEATABLE DETERMINATION TO DO THE JOB AT HAND.
Detailed explanation-3: -Choosing Courage Nelson Mandela once said: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Harry S. Truman once said, “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” His quote perfectly summarizes the America I believe in.