Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was the fortieth U.S. president, a Republican, serving from 1981 to 1989. He was previously an actor and had served as Governor of California.

Because we’re a great nation, our challenges seem complex. It will always be this way. But as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours.
Farewell Address
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Mar. 30, 1961
Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.
First Inaugural Address
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Address, Jan. 16, 1984
I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things…. They came from the heart of a great nation—from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in the principles that have guided us for two centuries.
Farewell Address
The fact is, what they called 'radical' was really 'right.' What they called 'dangerous' was just 'desperately needed.'
Farewell Address
They say we offer simple answers to complex problems. Well, perhaps there is a simple answer--not an easy answer--but simple.
A Time for Choosing
We are a nation that has a government--not the other way around.
First Inaugural Address
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 7, 1970

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.