Ronald Reagan’s top ten speeches and debate moments



The clips are presented in chronological order.

1. “A Time for Choosing”


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3. The Final Presidential Debate Against Jimmy Carter


4. The First Inaugural Speech


5. The “Evil Empire”


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6. The 40th Anniversary of D-Day


7. The Last Debate with Mondale


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8. The Challenger Disaster


9. “Tear Down This Wall!”


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10. Farewell Address at the ’88 GOP Convention


  1. STATW says:

    only in america can an absent-minded actor be so revered for screwing up this once great country.

    happy birthday ronnie, though i’m sure you have no idea what day it is or even where you are.

  2. The voodoo of his trickle down economics proved a disaster for the nation and plunged us into trillion dollar debt for the first time. No re-writing history. A disaster, which “the Great Communicator” and his Republican henchmen hid from the American people.

  3. Brealistic says:

    Ronald Reagan worship the Republican god and mantra . The father of huge defense increases and the completely busted theory of trickle down economics. A man that had altimeters for half his term in office. Was he a bad president no. He did some very good things. Was he what he’s made up to be now by the Republicans. Definitely no.

  4. Brealistic says:

    “Alzheimer’s” that’s what you get when you eyes are tired..LOL !

    Reagan was god. People forget he was primarily a ACTOR for Christ’s sakes..

  5. iknowtruthismine says:

    The second this grade B actor assumed The White House, he paid off on a promise to the oil companies to end ALL the incentives Carter had put in place to find alternate and green energy, setting the effort back thirty years. Many of our current problems, all related to ecologically disastrous and soon (in geopolitical terms) to be depleted foreign oil, can be laid at his feet and at the feet of the corporate controlled Right-wing (including the idiot Tea Party rubes), who are intent on running the world into the ground, as they extract as much for themselves as they can while the getting is good.

  6. Will says:

    I love how these liberal bed-wetters slam a widely loved and respected man who even liberal Chuck Schumer called “one of our better presidents.” Ronald Reagan restored American pride and confidence through his words and actions. His policies ignited a 20+ year period of robust economic growth and he won the Cold War. What’s the matter guys, those facts were missing from your Daily Kos talking points. Get a job and grow up.

  7. maverick100 says:


    Reagan was a great orator, which made him out to be a very “presidential” President.

    But his policies all sucked. HARD.

  8. Mike Lieman says:

    Was our favorite when he raised taxes to save Social Security?

    Was our favorite when he cut and ran from libya?

    or Was our favorite when he worked WITH Iranian Terrorists and Hezbollah giving them high-tech weapons?

    I think that was my favorite. When he aided the Iranian terrorists.

  9. iknowtruthismine says:

    Mike – Reagan did what was expedient at the time to serve the wealthy clique that owned him. Short term profits always outweigh long term coherent policy. When he cut and ran from Lebanon (not Libya) it was for the same exact reason the rich don’t have bank savings accounts, no interest.

  10. @STATW, he’s dead and his corpse is rotting somewhere. DUH.

    Now there are those who will say that is “disrespectful”. I say his policies live on, disrespecting millions.

    Reality bites.

  11. Dale Gribble says:

    Love how the Neo-Cons attribute “20+ year period of robust economic growth” to Reagan.

    Let me get this straight:
    Prosperity under Clinton was due to Reagan
    Economic problems under GWBush were due to Clinton
    Current Economic strife is due to Obama.

    So the trend is that a good economy is due to the republican president who preceeds a democrate.
    However any economic trouble is due to a Democrate President who follows a Republican.

  12. Will says:


    When did I mention any President other than Reagan? The economy under Clinton was good. It was good under HWBush for the most part. It was good under W for 28 out of 32 quarters of his presidency. The last six months and until present day the economy has not been good if you judge it by job growth, unemployment rate, GDP growth and the housing market. The main cause of this is the housing market crash. The housing market crashed because hundreds of thousands of people were given homes without putting any money down and without showing good credit. It was Dodd, Frank and Obama who were pushing to continually loosen lending standards under Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac and the Community Reinvestment Act. But the orginally debate was over Reagan. When Reagan took office we had stagflation, mortgages near 20% and a crisis of confidence. His policies (across the board tax cuts, deregulation, etc) and his leadership fostered the competitive environment that fostered entrepreneurship and an enviroment that ignited 20+ years of economic growth. Indeed.

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