Birth: 1966
I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the fou….
Ronald Reagan [ cite the founders] on behalf of emphasizing the faith of our founders, of limited government, of the uniqueness and exceptionalism of….
In the middle of Hillary Clinton's push for national healthcare in 1993, Bill Clinton cited Thomas Jefferson's concern for health issues as, somehow,….
Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surp….
Many of these failures can be laid at the feet of the awful state of American higher education, and especially the way in which our secular universit….
There's the unique case of Ronald Reagan, who cited [founders] some 850 times, and in a way that was absolutely fundamental to understanding Reagan's….
When [Jimmy] Carter did quote them, he quoted them in what I believe were misapplications, such as arguing for the creation of a federal Department o….
[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history.".
You would hope that the supposed best of American educational institutions would teach its students about America as an institution..
[Gerald] Ford and [Jimmy] Carter, in fact, were huge disappointments to me. Think about this: They were the presidents around the time of America's h….
I noticed some time ago that neither of the candidates are quoting the founders. If they are, they're doing it so rarely that I haven't noticed, or e….
Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents..
Colleges need learning, faith, and freedom. Each reinforces the others, each makes the others possible. For what are they without each other?.
"Freedom" is probably the word he said more than any other. He used the word freedom constantly. I think for some his frequent calls for freedom beca….
If our presidents, or potential presidents, don't know this or don't articulate [an America ideal], that's a blown opportunity. The president can tea….
The American founding is not just about a group of people, a group of men. It is about an ideal: Both a vision and understanding of the very essence ….
Speaking of [Ronald] Reagan on the faith of the founders, he was particularly fond of George Washington, who he cited nearly 200 times, and almost tw….
Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill] Clint….
Reagan didn't want to wear his faith on his sleeve in a political way. Reagan thought that was egregious, and he was first turned off by it in the 19….
Reagan thought that school prayer was important because it was crucial to begin each day reminding students that their inalienable rights came to the….
It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of the current political se….