A Shining City on a Hill

This is a re-post that I did on my other blog back in 2008, but in honor of what would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday tomorrow I am re-posting it here.

People that know me know that I used to be a HUGE political junkie. I have lost a little of that in recent years. Today, I heard a wonderful speech on Laura Ingram that was given in 1976. It was Ronald Reagan's concession speech for the Republican Primary. What he says in that speech is so applicable to today. I must confess that I love Ronald Reagan. I am that way due to my beloved grandfather. I wanted to name my daughter Reagan (true story, Heidi) after Ronald Reagan, but my husband wasn't too sure. I know Ronald Reagan wasn't perfect. No human being is, but I miss him. I hope there is someone like him out there waiting in the wings for the right time. I do feel I should say that I don't put my hope in a person nor in a politician. I put my hope and my trust in Jesus Christ. He is in control no matter who runs what county. That is why I have peace today. I don't know what direction this country is going to take, but I know my God does not change. He is in control.



John 14:27:

"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

John 16:33:

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."

I keep making this post longer, but I found these quotes at this blog.

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."
- Ronald Reagan

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
- Ronald Reagan

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
- Ronald Reagan

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U. S. was too strong."
- Ronald Reagan

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U. S. Congress."
- Ronald Reagan

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
- Ronald Reagan

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under."
- Ronald Reagan

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
- Ronald Reagan

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."
- Ronald Reagan

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
- Ronald Reagan

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
- Ronald Reagan

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
- Ronald Reagan

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
- Ronald Reagan