View this post on the web at [link removed]
Ronald Reagan On Values and Freedom
Bronx, NY |12-12-1983 | Condensed
An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a vision. We are such people. This is what has led us to dare and to achieve.
For us values count. They are the wellspring of our American way of life -- service to country, patriotism, honor, and sacrifice.
“Not to be heroes, but to serve. Not to die, but to live. Not because we wanted to, but because there was a need.''
The price of freedom is high, but never more costly than the loss of freedom. And freedom, we must always remember, is never more than one generation away from extinction. Each generation must do whatever is necessary to preserve it and pass it on to the next, or it will be lost forever.
We must deal with the world as it is and not the way we would like it to be. If we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear when totalitarian regimes brutalize the hopes and dreams of people, we demean the valor of every person who struggles for human dignity and freedom. And we also demean all those who have given that last full measure of devotion.
The quest for freedom continues to build. There is a revolution going on in this world, a revolution for freedom and democratic ideals. It may not capture the headlines, but it is there, and it's growing. That is the real message of our time, and it may just be the reason why those who don't like to hear the truth are so worried.
History doesn't offer many crystal clear lessons, but there are a few. And one of them surely is a lesson that weakness on the part of those who cherish freedom inevitably brings a threat to that freedom. Tyrants are tempted.
The bedrock of our strength is America's moral and spiritual character. Peace with freedom is the highest aspiration of the American people. We negotiate for peace. We sacrifice for it. We will never surrender for it.
Patriots, at Act for America, we are on the front lines of this fight for values, focusing on protecting our children—the next generation—by defending absolute parental rights and safeguarding children's innocence through policy at the state and local school board levels. A quick glance at what's happening on Ivy League campuses shows how critical it is to break the Left's stranglehold on K-12 government schools!
Our 50-state effort has yielded over 53 million direct-to-lawmaker actions defending children in our government education system [ [link removed] ] and another 834,000 actions to stop castration and mutilation [ [link removed] ]!
We are calling on you to help us double our readership and activism in these critical months ahead, thereby doubling our impact.
Your participation empowers Act for America, lawmakers, and policymakers to defend our Judeo-Christian culture and protect the next generation from becoming slaves to liberal fascists who seek to destroy our children's innocence, American values, and our Constitutional Republic.
Will we allow America to fade into memory, or will we stand together and fight?
Forward this email to your friends and family and ask them to sign up to receive our action alerts today. [ [link removed] ]
Free Gift with Subscription! [ [link removed] ] For the price of a $5 cup of coffee a month, you can help us dispel hate! I wrote my book to help educate Americans about the threat we face here in America! Get your free autographed copy of my NY Times Best Seller “Because They Hate” with your annual subscription while supplies last. [ [link removed] ]
Act for America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Unsubscribe [link removed]?
