Remarks by the President Upon the Death of President Ronald Reagan (from whitehouse.gov)

The White House ^ | June 5, 2004 | George W. Bush

[I'm ALL Right!]

I've been crying all day. My husband thinks I'm crazy.

"His work is done, and now a shining city awaits him. May God bless Ronald Reagan."

[mplsconservative]

Hey Peach, don't despair. You are a frequent poster and I love your posts. Some of us are not so eloquent and lurk most of the time.

The haters are not taking over. It's just part of the lamestream media and they're being a shill for the haters.

We, the silent majority, are alive and well and ready to pull the lever for President Bush in November.

That said, I tied a black ribbon around the top of my flag tonight and lit a candle in the window. The libs in my neighborhood be damned. I feel so much gratitude and sorrow.

My husband is a Johhny Come Lately conservative (last 10 years) and before that was apathethic. Glad I turned him around.

President Reagan influenced me so much, along with my grandparents and parents, we're leaving this dung hole of Minneapolis to seek a better life in the countryside.

My 7 year old son deserves so much better than he is being spoon-fed daily, which I have to counteract daily.

"President Reagan, I thank you for instilling in me the conviction to do what I know is right. That short term pleasures and conveniences are negligible. I am leaving all that I know, but feel strong in my conviction

Peach, we're out here, and justice will prevail.

[VaBthang4]

"His work is done, and now a shining city awaits him."

That is so nice. What an awesome thing to say.




Amen.

[rwfromkansas]

I think I am going to have to make a new desktop background with that quote.

Awesome.

Also a good quote is when he says that conservatives look at every day as the 4th of July, but libs think of every day as April 15th. :)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

You *are* all right - and tell your husband there are countless others out here like you who are mourning over the death of President Reagan.

[DreamChaser]

President Reagan was by far the greatest president of my time.. He leaves behind a legacy that will live forever in the hearts and minds of all americans.. A man of many accomplishments, who always got the job done, a man who made it possible to bring the flags out of the closet and to allow them to fly freely once again, he gave red white and blue new meaning on my flag, in my opinion, there has never been another president like him atleast the last 3 couldnt compare. with much due respect for our past and present president, I think they should study this legends strategy in office and learn from his accomplishments.. Its funny how he has left an impression on me, I guess in a way he was my political mentor and I never realized how so until he passed. I remember being in 3rd grade when the attempted assasination took place and my teacher ending the day by pulling a tv in the room, we followed it closely, My teacher gave a speech about him i will never forget.. I gained my respect for him at a young age. and he will forever hold my respect for the President he was, the man he was, the loving husband and father her was.. He is truly a President the nation should remember forever..

[Peach]

It was lovely to wake up to your nice post and I appreciate your optimism and kind words. Don't lurk but post more often!

[Jeff Head]

Amen to everything you said. I grew up to vote against Carter and then for Reagan. He was the first President I voted for who won...and I have thanks God to this day that he did.

My Tribute to Ronald Reagan.

[mplsconservative]

Thanks Peach! You are a gem!

I must say my heart is heavy this morning, but happy that our dear President is home and whole again.

Prayers for Nancy and his family.

[unspun]

The Words of our Lord and Savior, upon a Mount in Israel, circa. 30

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.  

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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The words of John Winthrop at the inception of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, America, 1630

Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into covenant with Him for this work. We have taken out a commission. The Lord hath given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to enterprise these and those accounts, upon these and those ends. We have hereupon besought Him of favor and blessing. Now if the Lord shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we desire, then hath He ratified this covenant and sealed our commission, and will expect a strict performance of the articles contained in it; but if we shall neglect the observation of these articles which are the ends we have propounded, and, dissembling with our God, shall fall to embrace this present world and prosecute our carnal intentions, seeking great things for ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surely break out in wrath against us, and be revenged of such a people, and make us know the price of the breach of such a covenant.

Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, we must be knit together, in this work, as one man. We must entertain each other in brotherly affection. We must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others’ necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality. We must delight in each other; make others’ conditions our own; rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, as members of the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. The Lord will be our God, and delight to dwell among us, as His own people, and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness and truth, than formerly we have been acquainted with. We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies; when He shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding plantations, "may the Lord make it like that of New England." For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for God's sake. We shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going.

And to shut this discourse with that exhortation of Moses, that faithful servant of the Lord, in his last farewell to Israel, Deut. 30. "Beloved, there is now set before us life and death, good and evil," in that we are commanded this day to love the Lord our God, and to love one another, to walk in his ways and to keep his Commandments and his ordinance and his laws, and the articles of our Covenant with Him, that we may live and be multiplied, and that the Lord our God may bless us in the land whither we go to possess it. But if our hearts shall turn away, so that we will not obey, but shall be seduced, and worship other Gods, our pleasure and profits, and serve them; it is propounded unto us this day, we shall surely perish out of the good land whither we pass over this vast sea to possess it.

Therefore let us choose life,
that we and our seed may live,
by obeying His voice and cleaving to Him,
for He is our life and our prosperity.

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The words of Ronald Reagan, United States of America, 20th Century

And come January, when I saddle up and ride into the sunset it will be with the knowledge that we’ve done great things. We kept faith with a promise as old as this land we love and as big as the sky. A brilliant vision of America as a shining city on a hill. Thanks to all of you, and with God’s help, America’s greatest chapter is still to be written, for the best is yet to come.
Remarks at a dinner honoring Representative Jack F. Kemp of New York, December 1, 1988

I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get there. That’s how I saw it, and see it still.
Farewell Address to the Nation, January 11, 1989

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The words of George W. Bush, from France, June 5, 2004

During the years of President Reagan, America laid to rest an era of division and self-doubt. And because of his leadership, the world laid to rest an era of fear and tyranny. Now, in laying our leader to rest, we say thank you.

He always told us that for America, the best was yet to come. We comfort ourselves in the knowledge that this is true for him, too. His work is done, and now a shining city awaits him. May God bless Ronald Reagan.

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Highest regards,
Arlen Williams
West Chicago, IL

[unspun]

The words of Ronald Reagan, United States of America, 20th Century

And come January, when I saddle up and ride into the sunset it will be with the knowledge that we've done great things. We kept faith with a promise as old as this land we love and as big as the sky. A brilliant vision of America as a shining city on a hill. Thanks to all of you, and with God's help, America's greatest chapter is still to be written, for the best is yet to come.
Remarks at a dinner honoring Representative Jack F. Kemp of New York, December 1, 1988

I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get there. That's how I saw it, and see it still.
Farewell Address to the Nation, January 11, 1989

[myself6]

I know Im just some guy among millions but I still want to say something about President Reagan.

All my life I have been a republican, even when I didn't know what it meant. I grew up during the 80's, I was 11 years old when the decade started. When it ended I was married, had a son and was on my way to the Navy.

From the very first time I heard Reagan speak I admired him. Even an 11 year old kid could tell he was something very different from the status quo. He "gave off" a sense of honor and courage. I respected these qualities and I respected his willingness to fight for our country. During the decade of the 80's my respect for him was based solely on these character traits, I didn't know about the rest of the idealogical stuff until much, much later (I believe 1997 was the year I woke up).

Now, 24 years later my respect for Mr. Reagan knows no bounds. Through the Internet I was able to go back and learn about who he was and what he fought for and against. I learned that he loved the same things I did and feared the same enemies of freedom. I also learned through reading his early material that he was not the ignorant actor the media portrayed him as.

How do I memorialize a man like Ronald Reagan? What words could I put together that would do him or his deeds justice? I thought about this for a while and came to the conclusion that there was nothing I could say or write that could live up to him.

How do we memorialize Ronald Reagan?

We win the war he fought against the collectivists. We know now that communism didn't die, it just changed names. The greatest disservice we could do to his memory is to be passive observers in the destruction of what he loved. If you truly respected Ronald Reagan, it was because of what he believed in and what he was willing to do about it.

I will memorialize Mr. Reagan by continuing the fight.