“much of this talk has come from leaders who claim that our problems are too difficult to handle. we are supposed to meekly accept their failures as the most which humanly can be done. they tell us we must learn to live with less, and teach our children that their lives will be less full and prosperous than ours have been; that the america of the coming years will be a place where – because of our past excesses – it will be impossible to dream and make those dreams come true.
“i do’t believe that. and, i don’t believe you do either.”
—ronald reagan
1979
this quote is from reagan’s announcement that he would be running for president. it shows that reagan believed:
-the united states was in trouble it could never recover from.
-america’s leaders should be very worried about the nation’s future.
-leaders such as president carter were wrong about the nation’s future.