Ronald Reagan

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February 06, 1911 in Illinois, The United States

died

June 05, 2004

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s, where he became an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and a spokesman for General Electric. Reagan became involved in politics during his work for G.E. and switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California Governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and el...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 1,923 ratings · 298 reviews · 67 distinct works

	The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan, Douglas Brinkley (Editor) 3.99 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions	My rating:
	An American Life 4.12 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1990 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Notes: Ronald Reagan's Private Collection of Stories and Wisdom 3.98 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Reagan 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Reagan, in His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson (Editor), Martin Anderson (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Common Sense of an Uncommon Man: The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of Ronald Reagan by Ronald Reagan, James D. Denney, Michael Reagan 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Where's The Rest Of Me?: The Autobiography Of Ronald Reagan 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Shining City: The Legacy of Ronald Reagan: by Ronald Reagan, D. Erik Felten (Editor), Nancy Reagan (Foreword by) 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998	My rating:

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“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: freedom-of-choice , government , inspirational , political-philosophy , politics

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“If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.”
― Ronald Reagan

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“I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.”
― Ronald Reagan

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