In this speech Churchill references the principles that tie the two nations together: A great harmony exists between the spirit and language of the Declaration of Independence and all we are fighting for now. Thank you. All through our history, our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity, and warned us that the real obstacle to moving forward, the boundaries of freedom, the only permanent danger to the hope that is America, comes from within. But now, we're about to enter the nineties, and some things have changed. We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world. had when he saw the smoke rising from the Battle of Bull Run. Two years later, another economic summit with pretty much the same cast. whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. One is the economic recovery, in which the people of America created -- and filled -- 19 million new jobs. He said. The view is over the grounds here to the Washington. Of this event he states. All great change in America begins at the dinner table. Get a weekly digest of the weeks most important transcripts in your inbox. Create a better, more engaging experience for every student. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. For them, the great rediscovery of the 1980's has been that, lo and behold, the moral way of government is the practical way of government: Democracy, the profoundly good, is also the profoundly productive. Something that happened to me a few years ago reflects some of this. And at the end, together, we are reaching our destination. President Gorbachev has brought about some internal democratic reforms and begun the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The meeting place rotates among the member countries. That's how I saw it, and see it still. An informed patriotism is what we want. Here are 15 speeches to inspire new vigor for our founding principles. Even though our visit was a surprise, every Russian there immediately recognized us and called out our names and reached for our hands. Its recorded that, shortly after the Declaration of independence was signed in Philadelphia, celebrations took place throughout the land, and many of the former colonists, they were just starting to call themselves Americans, set off cannons and marched in fife and drum parades. Leave the bird of night to the obscurity for which nature intended him, and expect only from the eagle to brush the clouds with his wings and look boldly in the face of the sun. Ronald Reagan. Reagan also talked about the beautiful friendship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. And freedom is special and rare. Transcripts & captions for a better media workflow. People ask how I feel about leaving. Samuel Adams was a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774, was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, helped get the Constitution ratified in the Massachusetts Convention, and became Governor of Massachusetts in 1794. We weren't just marking time. The opening meeting was a formal dinner for the heads of government of the seven industrialized nations. Adams begins the speech recounting the first settlers of the Plymouth colony and how they entered into a written covenant with one another on the eve of their landing. Ronald Reagan: (07:17) Ronald Reagan: (05:46) In it he offers a robust defense of Americas founding. The loss of loved ones, the mystery of grief and sorrow, the importance of religion. We must all hang together, Benjamin Franklin said, Or assuredly, we will all hang separately.. Below is an excerpt from Reagan's speech in which he quotes Treptow's pledge. Here no man proclaims his birth or wealth as a title to honorable distinction, or to sanctify ignorance and vice with the name of hereditary authority. It reminded me that while the man on the street in the Soviet Union yearns for peace, the government is Communist. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. I've been asked if this isn't a gamble, and my answer is no because we're basing our actions not on words but deeds. Well, let's help her keep her word. Calculate how much it costs to transcribe, caption, or subtitle your content. It's been the honor of my life to be your President. We wish him well. Add English on-screen subtitles for videos. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. Politicians, pundits and diplomats parse the text for hidden meaning and for shifts in tone and priorities. Of the liberty that the Founding generation bestowed upon successive generations Webster said. Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. The Super Bowl of American politics, it attracts the highest TV ratings of any regularly scheduled political event. In the text it states, " When enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings.". If we wish to be free if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! Withoutthis, as well aswithit, we could have declared our independence of Great Britain; butwithoutit, we could not, I think, have secured our free government, and consequent prosperity. And as for those who create the popular culture, well-grounded patriotism is no longer the style. More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. 40 Presidential Drive Simi Valley, CA 93065. In turn, he offered the nation a message of hope, a promise of prosperity, and an unwavering appreciation for all those who sacrificed for the country. The past few days when I've been at that window upstairs, I've thought a bit of the ``shining city upon a hill.'' Our Constitution is a document in which ``We the People'' tell the government what it is allowed to do. They never saw my, An informed patriotism is what we want. He stated. Now lets have some fun, let the celebration begin. I've been thinking a bit at that window. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Hello, freedom man.''. Their courage created a nation built on a universal claim to human dignity, on the proposition that every man, woman, and child had a right to a future of freedom. He cites John Hampden, John Locke, and Algernon Sidney whose ideas and actions paved the way for such a feat. But before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts, some of which I've been saving for a long time. You know, down the hall and up the stairs from this office is the part of the White House where the President and his family live. Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? Not only have the superpowers actually begun to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons -- and hope for even more progress is bright -- but the regional conflicts that rack the globe are also beginning to cease. We've done our part. President Ronald Reagan gave an Independence Day speech on July 4, 1986. The people of this country, alone, have formally and deliberately chosen a government for themselves, and with open and uninfluenced consent bound themselves into a social compact. The address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television. Ronald Reagan: (02:01) Their patriotism is quiet but deep. Today in honor of the dead we conduct ceremonies. Younger parents aren't sure that an, is the right thing to teach modern children. He noted how they died on the same day, July 4th, exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Fifty-six men came forward to sign the parchment. They dropped titles and spoke to one another on a first-name basis. He yelled, ``Hello, American sailor. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Countries across the globe are turning to free markets and free speech and turning away from the ideologies of the past. So, we cut the people's tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before. "Are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?" Young Americans like you here tonight, who man the mighty USS Kennedy, and the Iowa on the other ships of the line. Bankruptcies and farm foreclosures reached record levels. And how stands the city on this winter night? Ronald Reagan Patrick Henry What was the purpose of the speech? Those of us who are over 35 or so years of age grew up in a different America. What a contrast with the silver seat was taken place a short time earlier in Independence Hall. And it will, as long as we make it clear that we will continue to act in a certain way as long as they continue to act in a helpful manner. This Veterans Day, it's worth taking a minute to read both Reagan and Treptow's words. . My friends: We did it. And dad, shed said, Ill always be proud.. But this is aside from my subject, for what I wish to talk of is the attitude of the American citizen in civic life. It is a hope that someday every people and every nation of the world will know the blessings of Liberty. We hold this annual celebration to remind ourselves of all the good done in this process of time of how it was done and who did it, and how we are historically connected with it; and we go from these meetings in better humor with ourselveswe feel more attached the one to the other and more firmly bound to the country we inhabit. It was his 34th speech from the Oval Office, and he gave his final assessment on his two terms. But now, we're about to enter the nineties, and some things have changed. TV was like that, too, through the mid-sixties. Finally, there is a great tradition of warnings in Presidential farewells, and I've got one that's been on my mind for some time. Thank you. Their values sustain our national life. Well, at one point I sort of leaned in and said, ``. Kennedy then espouses a political theory of the American founding that relies on natural rights. And John Hancock, it is said, wrote his signature in large script so King George could see it without his spectacles. Ronald Reagan The results were mixed. And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let ', And that's about all I have to say tonight, except for one thing. The sorrow -- the goodbyes, of course, and leaving this beautiful place. Under one such marker lies a young manMartin Treptowwho left his job in a small-town barbershop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. Now, I sat there like the new kid in school and listened, and it was all Francois this and Helmut that. The fact is, from Grenada to the Washington and Moscow summits, from the recession of '81 to '82, to the expansion that began in late '82 and continues to this day, we've made a difference. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm They stayed brave through all the bloodshed of the coming years. Former President Reagan is often heralded as one of the greatest leaders in history. he imagined. If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. For all time, they are what we can only aspire to be, giving, unselfish, the epitome of human love to lay down ones life so that others might live. America is respected again in the world and looked to for leadership. "This is truly a national loss." "I should . Then with an ode to the ancient Roman republic he ends stating, Nothing that we propose can pass into a law without your consent. Theyd worked so closely together in Philadelphia for independence, but once that was gained and a government was formed, something called partisan politics began to get in the way. But within seconds, a KGB detail pushed their way toward us and began pushing and shoving the people in the crowd. Ronald Reagan: (09:28) It was not because it was proposed to establish a new nation, but because it was proposed to establish a nation on new principles, that July 4, 1776, has come to be regarded as one of the greatest days in history. But oddly enough it starts with one of the things I'm proudest of in the past 8 years: the resurgence of national pride that I called the new patriotism. And then one of them broke the silence. What would they have? It's still play, but cut the cards. Read Patricks entire speech here. President Ronald Reagan delivered this highly emotional Soldier's Pledge speech on May 26, 1983 as a Memorial Day tribute to those who sacrificed for our freedom. Faith too in God and in the nation that has pledged itself to his work and to the dream of human freedom. The movies celebrated democratic values and implicitly reinforced the idea that America was special. If and when they don't, at first pull your punches. And when this day comes the morning stars will sing together and the sons of God will shout for joy. is respected again in the world and looked to for leadership. That black and white, we are one nation indivisible. And that was more than rhetoric; each of those men knew the penalty for high treason to the Crown. Rather, it was directly traceable to the eminently fair and just principle that no sovereign power has the right to govern without the consent of the governed. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.". So many of you have written the past few weeks to say thanks, but I could say as much to you. Reagan gave the speech from the U.S.S. And that's about all I have to say tonight, except for one thing. Now, I sat there like the new kid in school and listened, and it was all Francois this and Helmut that. And with, at that time, Lisa Zanatta Henn, who was at Omaha Beach for the father she loved. One way that Reagan uses epistrophe would be when he created the statement: "You all knew that some things are worth dying for. He called war "not the worst of evils." He honored America's fallen and Memorial Day by saying we set the day apart "to do honor to all those, now gone, who made the cause of America their supreme choice." Coolidge quoted John 15:13: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." 4. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. 40 Presidential DriveSimi Valley, CA 93065. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. Well, I do. And that was more than rhetoric. This is Washington! The Vietnamese are preparing to pull out of, , and an American-mediated accord will soon send 50,000 Cuban troops home from, Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: ``, Nothing is less free than pure communism -- and yet we have, the past few years, forged a satisfying new closeness with the Soviet Union. And when both died on the same day, within hours of each other, that date was July 4th, fifty years exactly after that first gift to us, the Declaration of Independence. As they thought of then, so too, we think of them now with love, with devotion. He explicitly states, In recent years, the existence of this element in the American character has been challenged by those who seek to give an economic interpretation to American history. President Ronald Reagan gave a speech honoring Veterans Day on November 11, 1988. Ronald Reagan: (01:27) In an eulogy to former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of Great Britain, addresses a speech in honor of Reagan. But the gulag was still the gulag, and the state was still expansionist, and they still waged proxy wars in Africa, But life has a way of reminding you of big things through small incidents. July 2, 2022 in News In his 1989 farewell address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan warned that we must internalize and institutionalize a love of country. More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. ``We must all hang together,'' Benjamin Franklin said, ``or, assuredly, we will all hang separately.'' It's fragile; it needs production [protection]. Lohmeier, a former commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado, was temporarily reassigned last week due to comments he made on a podcast criticizing the military's approach to diversity training. As the refugees made their way through the choppy seas, one spied the sailor on deck, and stood up, and called out to him. My view is that President Gorbachev is different from previous Soviet leaders. is freedom -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. Convert your audio or video into 99% accurate text by a professional. They called it the Reagan revolution. On the proposition that every man, woman, and child had a right to a future of freedom. Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny. did.'' What is it that gentlemen wish? And if all else failed you could get a sense of patriotism from the popular culture. I know we always have, but in the past few years the world again -- and in a way, we ourselves -- rediscovered it. They were great in their day and generation. The other is the recovery of our morale. Most people thought it was a patriotic song about American pride, when it actually cast a shameful eye on how America treated its Vietnam veterans. And, when I saw it, neither could I. We stood, again, for freedom. He also represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in Congress and was Secretary of State under three presidents. and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us? The phrase comes from John Winthrop, who wrote it to describe the.