1989 - Color, President Reagan: Farewell Address to the Nation From Oval Office. 11Jan89
Entire formal speech (informal intro missing)
18:30:21 Anecdote re boat people calling American sailor “freedom man”
18:31:51 Re economic recovery; meeting Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl at Canada economic summit; what people said of his economic program before he was elected.
18:35:02 Re cutting taxes to increase productivity; rebuilding Defence capability;
18:35:59 Foreign affairs: superpowers reducing nuclear weapons stockpile; Afghanistan; Vietnamese out of Cambodia; Cubans troops home from Angola.
18:36:55 “We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed the world” - countries “turning to free market and free speech away from the ideologies of the past”.
18:37:58 Re scaling down government. “...man is not free unless government is limited... as government expands, liberty contracts”.
18:39:36 Re new friendship with USSR and Gorbachev - withdrawal from Afghanistan
18:41:29 “We must keep up our guard but we must also continue to work together... My view is that president Gorbachev is different from previous Soviet leaders. I think he knows some of the things wrong with his society and is trying to fix them.”
18:42:31 Briefly mentions the deficit.
18:43:23 Re new patriotism - calls for informed patriotism & knowledge of American history
NOTE: Credit must be given to Reagan Presidential Library.
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1989 - Color, President Reagan: Farewell Address to the Nation From Oval Office. 11Jan89 Entire formal speech (informal intro missing) 18:30:21 Anecdote re boat people calling American sailor “freedom man” 18:31:51 Re economic recovery; meeting Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl at Canada economic summit; what people said of his economic program before he was elected. 18:35:02 Re cutting taxes to increase productivity; rebuilding Defence capability; 18:35:59 Foreign affairs: superpowers reducing nuclear weapons stockpile; Afghanistan; Vietnamese out of Cambodia; Cubans troops home from Angola. 18:36:55 “We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed the world” - countries “turning to free market and free speech away from the ideologies of the past”. 18:37:58 Re scaling down government. “...man is not free unless government is limited... as government expands, liberty contracts”. 18:39:36 Re new friendship with USSR and Gorbachev - withdrawal from Afghanistan 18:41:29 “We must keep up our guard but we must also continue to work together... My view is that president Gorbachev is different from previous Soviet leaders. I think he knows some of the things wrong with his society and is trying to fix them.” 18:42:31 Briefly mentions the deficit. 18:43:23 Re new patriotism - calls for informed patriotism & knowledge of American history NOTE: Credit must be given to Reagan Presidential Library.