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The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon


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Click here for 25 full quotes from Ronald Reagan in the book The Role of a Lifetime.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset.
Abortion
   Allowed abortion as CA Gov.; didn’t push pro-life as Pres.
China
   Open door to PRC, but maintain alliance with Taiwan.
Civil Rights
   Opposed Voting Rights Act of 1965 as “humiliating to South”.
   Promised to appoint a female Justice; O’Connor was the first.
   Supported Bob Jones Univ.’s miscegeny policy, inadvertently.
Crime
   Approved three new prisons and 6% growth in law enforcement.
   Oversaw one execution as CA Gov., supported death penalty.
Defense
   SDI averts biblical prophecy of Armageddon.
Drugs
   Fought drugs beyond “Just Say No”.
Education
   Supported school prayer but didn’t push it.
Environment
   Western enviro ethic: pro-development, common-sense.
   Dismissed acid rain proposals as burdensome to industry.
   Decontrolled oil prices, but didn’t fill oil reserves.
Foreign Policy
   Ignored ICJ ruling against mining Nicaraguan harbors.
Free Trade
   Proposed concept behind NAFTA in 1979.
Government Reform
   Principal mission was government deregulation.
Health Care
   Despite accusations, didn’t much cut Medicare.
   Slow to fight AIDS; focused on prevention.
Immigration
   Allow free movement of people from Mexico & Canada.
Principles & Values
   Cared more about policies than being “Great Communicator”.
School Choice
   Targeted Dept. of Education to be abolished, but failed.
Social Security
   Wanted to privatize retirement, but never had opportunity.
Tax Reform
   Serious on tax simplification; mocked as “secret tax plan”.
Welfare & Poverty
   Championed “workfare” as California Governor.
   Cut back AFDC & other targeted poverty programs.


The above quotations are from The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon.

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