Dawn

“I've spoken of the shining city all my political life. And how stands the city on this winter night? After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true to the granite ridge, and her glow has held, no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“And those prayers which heaven in fury grants, they are the most terrible.”
― John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar; Or, the Double Discovery: A Comedy, Volume 2,&Nbsp;Issue 1

“If history teaches us anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations