Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Interpretation
The health of freedom relies on a strong religious foundation and respect for divine law.
This quote by Ronald Reagan emphasizes that true freedom flourishes in an environment where religion is actively practiced and respected, and where the laws governing society are aligned with moral principles believed to be derived from a higher power. It suggests that the intertwining of faith and legal structure can create a more just and free society.
In practice
In a speech about national values and governance.
Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.
I'm spending more time at this library in four days than I did at the Eureka College Library in four years.
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life.
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best."
We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.
We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place.
Here, everything is tragic through and through, and the will, that fain would shape a world according to its wish, at last can reach no greater satisfaction than the breaking of itself in dignified annulment.
America is a young country with an old mentality.
It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how to think historically in the first place.
When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?
She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.
Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
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