A Time for Choosing

Ronald Reagan - October 27, 1964

Yes, it’s a bit longer than my usual, but well worth your time. This speech could be given today with just a few current event tweaks and yet it is sixty years old.

What I think it demonstrates is the fact that nothing we are dealing with is new, only further down a very dark and predictable path.

It is easy to believe we are smarter than our ancestors and that the world we live in is too sophisticated for old principles of governance to be of any use. The truth is the book Ecclesiastes is right. There is nothing new under the sun.

If you have never heard this speech in its entirety before, then you have missed one of the finest ever given. Also, if current events don’t make any sense to you, it’s time to go back in time to connect a few dots.

“The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.”