The Best Quotes by Ronald Reagan About Politics and Government

Ronald Wilson Reagan born in Tampico in Whiteside County, Illinois, February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) he was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Prior to entering politics, Reagan was a successful Hollywood actor and union leader. and comes from a poor family. Reagan started his career as an actor, first in film and then on television, appearing in more than 50 film productions and earning quite a bit of success becoming a well-known and recognized figure by the public. Some of his most notable roles were in ''Knute Rockne, All American'' and ''Kings Row''. Reagan served as President of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric (GE). Reagan began his career in politics as a member of the Democratic Party (United States), then switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering rave reviews in support of presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964, he was persuaded to become governor of California, the winner two years later and again in 1970. As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. The supply side of economics, economic policy, dubbed the Reagan economist, advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth, controlling the money supply to reduce inflation, deregulating the economy, and reducing government spending. In his first term he survived assassination attempts, took a hard line against trade unions, and ordered military action in Grenada. He was re-elected in a landslide in 1984 and declared, Morning in America. The second term is especially marked by foreign features, such as the end of the Cold War, the 1986 bombing of Libya, and the revelations of the Iran Contra Incident. Publicly describing the Soviet Union as an "evil empire", he supported anti-communist movements around the world and spent his first term abstaining from a strategy of relaxation by ordering a massive military buildup in an arms race with the Soviet Union. Reagan negotiated with Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev, culminating in the INF Treaty and the reduction of the two countries' nuclear arsenals. Reagan completed his presidential term in 1989. In 1994, the former president revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier that year and he died ten years later at the age of 93. Reagan ranks highly in the presidential polls of the United States, and is a conservative icon.