Happy 100th Birthday President Ronald Reagan! Thread of wishes and thanks!

[Vaduz]

Agree He’s my absolute favorite President.

[ozarkgirl]

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.

Address to National Association of Realtors, March 28, 1982

[mcmuffin]

Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

[ozarkgirl]

Government growing beyond our consent had become a lumbering giant, slamming shut the gates of opportunity, threatening to crush the very roots of our freedom. What brought America back? The American people brought us back — with quiet courage and common sense; with undying faith that in this nation under God the future will be ours, for the future belongs to the free.

State of the Union Address, February 4, 1986

[mcmuffin]

President Reagan at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Endicott, New York Courtesy of the Reagan Library

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Not corny at all and I’m sure a large number here on FR would do the same thing.

[Trust but Verify]

Happy Birthday, Mr President. The first vote I ever cast was for you in the 1980 election. I was 19 years old, and already had my head screwed on straight!!!

[gloryblaze]

Happy Birthday, Mr. President.

Thank you for everything.

I love you.

[SE Mom]

Mr. President, They tell us your time is over, they ridicule us when we quote you or use you as a reference. And of course, they’re right that your time is over, but they don’t comprehend that the way you loved America, the courage you showed in defending her and the principles that guided you are transcendent and timeless.

You are an ongoing blessing for your cherished nation.

I was able to vote FOR you twice, before and after that my votes have always been AGAINST some other candidate.

We miss you.

[John W]

Happy Birthday Mr. President.

[Biggirl]

Happy 100th Birthday “Great Communicator!”

[Pan_Yan]

Interesting side note, also born this day:

Aaron Burr
Babe Ruth
Axl Rose
Natalie Cole
Bob Marley
Tom Brokaw
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Fabian

[ErnBatavia]

God bless Nancy too

We've got a couple of snapshots of wifey and Nancy from a book signing at the Reagan Library some years ago. It's a great place to visit; we finally made the trek back into L.A. a few months ago to see the Air Force One exhibit, and of course RR's burial site.

[popdonnelly]

Great man, great Presidency. Proof that personal character counts for much.

[LA Woman3]

Reagan Super Bowl Tribute - This video will be shown in Dallas stadium just before kickoff

[newzjunkey]

I had an opportunity to see him speak in person when I was a teenager. It wasn't a momental engagement, just a campaign stop, but it meant a lot and means even more now as I look at the state of our nation.

Best to Nancy on President Reagan's 100th.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Good memories and thoughts. I, too, cried when President Regan died.

I’m sure your grandfather is in President Reagan’s current company and they are sharing some laughs together.

[Christian4Bush]

‎"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan

Happy birthday Mr. President. See you on the other side.

[Christian4Bush]

Re #24 - what is Charles Logan doing in this picture?

(was amazing to see how much Gregory Itzin favored Richard Nixon in that show...wonder if it was intentional...)

[stratman1969]

Happy 100th birthday, Mr. President. Thank you for your service and your leadership. You’ve been an inspiration to me ever since I was 10 years old. God Bless you.