Famous Speeches of American Independence - Ronald Reagan
"You do not know the viciousness within the communistic forces of this Land in channels that have billions at their command. I say to you, there is nothing in the outer world that is protection for this Nation. THERE IS ONLY ONE POWER IN ALL CREATION WHICH WILL SAVE AMERICA AND THAT IS THE "MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE" AND THE ASCENDED HOST WHO GUARD HER DESTINY AND THE LEGIONS OF THE COSMIC CHRIST AND THE ANGELIC HOST! Those Great Beings can release more Energy than all mankind placed together. It is the only Hope of this Nation; and the Freedom of the Light of this Nation is the only Hope of the World."
Beloved Elohim Arcturus - The Voice of the "I AM" 1980:10:7
The only movie actor ever to become President, Ronald Reagan had a remarkable skill as an orator that earned him the title “the Great Communicator.” His policies have been credited with contributing to the demise of Soviet communism.
Ronald Reagan
“Address to the Nation on Independence Day”
In this speech Reagan recalls the selfless courage of the early Patriots and the brave moment that led to the signing of the Declaration.
"Fifty-six men came forward to sign the parchment. It was noted at the time that they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors. And that was more than rhetoric; each of those men knew the penalty for high treason to the Crown. ``We must all hang together,'' Benjamin Franklin said, ``or, assuredly, we will all hang separately.''
"And John Hancock, it is said, wrote his signature in large script so King George could see it without his spectacles. They were brave. They stayed brave through all the bloodshed of the coming years. 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."
Ronald Reagan
“Address to the Nation on Independence Day”
BACKGROUND
Ronald Reagan gave this speech at the climax of a celebration in New York City to honor the newly renovated Statue of Liberty. Reagan gave the speech from the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy in New York Harbor. Earlier, on board the ship, he attended a USO show and a reenlistment and promotion ceremony for members of the crew. Following the fireworks display, the President went to the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, NY, where he stayed overnight.
HIS MOTIVATION
In this speech Reagan sought to transcend partisan politics.
"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. It's easy enough to dismiss this as a kind of familiar exhortation. Yet the truth is that even two of our greatest Founding Fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, once learned this lesson late in life.
They'd 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. After a bitter and divisive campaign, Jefferson defeated Adams for the Presidency in 1800. And the night before Jefferson's inauguration, Adams slipped away to Boston, disappointed, brokenhearted, and bitter.
For years their estrangement lasted. But then when both had retired, Jefferson at 68 to Monticello and Adams at 76 to Quincy, they began through their letters to speak again to each other.
It was their last gift to us, this lesson in brotherhood, in tolerance for each other, this insight into America's strength as a nation. And when both died on the same day within hours of each other, that date was July 4th, 50 years exactly after that first gift to us, the Declaration of Independence."
THEME OF HIS SPEECH
Reagan focuses his speech on the things that unite us -- "America's past of which we're so proud, our hopes and aspirations for the future of the world and this much-loved country -- these things far outweigh what little divides us."
"For just a moment, let us listen to the words again: ``We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.''
KEY FACTS STATED IN HIS SPEECH
In this speech Reagan recalls the momentous events of the previous evening.
"Last night when we rededicated Miss Liberty and relit her torch, we reflected on all the millions who came here in search of the dream of freedom inaugurated in Independence Hall. We reflected, too, on their courage in coming great distances and settling in a foreign land and then passing on to their children and their children's children the hope symbolized in this statue here just behind us: the hope that is America. It is a hope that someday every people and every nation of the world will know the blessings of liberty."
July 4, 1986