I made a speech by that title [A Time for Choosing] in 1964. I said, "We've been told increasingly that we must choose between left or right." But we're still using those terms -- left or right. And I'll repeat what I said then in '64. "There is no left or right. There's only an up or down": up to the ultimate in individual freedom, consistent with an orderly society -- or down to the totalitarianism of the ant heap. And those today who, however good their intentions, tell us that we should trade freedom for security are on that downward path.
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RONALD REAGAN How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an ant... RONALD REAGAN Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. RONALD REAGAN Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in... RONALD REAGAN Facts are stupid things. RONALD REAGAN Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the ... RONALD REAGAN Don't be afraid to see what you see. RONALD REAGAN Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. RONALD REAGAN Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formida... RONALD REAGAN My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever... RONALD REAGAN History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. RONALD REAGAN You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope... RONALD REAGAN To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the cro... RONALD REAGAN