Ronald Reagan

Most know Ronald Reagan best for his acting career and presidency, but not many look back to his past and sees how his leadership roles started early in life; which is where mine starts. Throughout my life, leadership has always been a part of me, I have always strained to help others and try to lead them the right way. Trying my hardest has helped me make a great impact to those around me by showing them what can be done. When I was in eighth grade, a new opportunity was given to my class to…

What would our life be like now if we never had Ronald Reagan? Would it be the same or would there be a massive difference? People say life would have been better without him, but other disagree, many others. People say he was an amazing president and life would be horrible if it wasn’t for him. Ronald Reagan didn’t only help America, but other countries in need. He wasn’t only a great president, but a hero. Ronald Reagan did many things before and in his presidential career. All these things…

RONALD REAGAN 3 Reagan was not born into some rich family and had a father that was into politics. No he was born into a small family and his dad was a hard working man, but was a drunkard, and that was difficult for Ronald. Ronald Wilson Reagan grew up in hardship, but with the love and the lessons of his mother, he learned to overcome the difficulties of life and became the president we would soon know. He later would make America great during his presidency. He also soon…

com," n.d.) Some may say, Ronald Reagan wanted to change the definition of foreign policy, but he had felt that Communism was insidious and believed that the Soviet Union was determined on ruling the world. Many did not understand Reagan's ideas, when he had taken office and sometimes still misunderstand them today. Reagan had wanted no use of nuclear weapons at all because they would be the cause of war and destruction to human kind. (“Cannon, 2008”) Some may say Reagan had never picked a…

This book, Up Close: Ronald Reagan, mostly focused on the fact that Ronald Reagan was awesome. Ronald grew up with an alcoholic father, this one time he came home to his father passed out in the yard, so he brought him inside and took care of him. He had a girlfriend who left him when things were getting distant, she got engaged to another man. Then Ronald hit the big time, Hollywood actor. Then his father passed away after his second heart attack, but Ronald kept moving forward, living his…

Republican Ronald Wilson Reagan stepped into office as the 40th president of the United States of America on January 20, 1981. At age 69 he began his two-term journey as one of the most charismatic presidents in history. His past as an actor, his great communication skills, and his inspirational and comforting whimsy led the public to form nicknames for President Reagan, such as The Great Communicator and The Gipper, that mimicked his inspirational nature. He was strong in his Conservative…

In her eulogy honoring former president Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher used various rhetorical strategies, including an appeal to Ethos and parallelism, to convey what an influential figure Reagan was as both a president and a man, following his retirement. Through her intricate use of these rhetorical strategies, Thatcher expresses that Reagan was a great president for the United States and an excellent diplomat for the international community. Thatcher begins with a concise and abrupt…

written by Ronald Reagan in response to the Challenger Disaster which took place on January 28, 1986 in the Oval Office. This was done to mourn the seven who died in the disaster. This was spoken to the citizens of the United States along with the families of those who died in the disaster and NASA. This speech was the right thing to do because Reagan addressed the people of the United States, stated his emotions with the disaster, and insured people this lose wasn't for nothing. Ronald Reagan…

career helped him change the world. Reagan turned from movies to politics in 1964, when he helped Barry Goldwater run for president (Ritter and Henry 12). After helping Goldwater, many conservatives influenced Reagan to run for governor of California (Orr 35). In 1966, Reagan ran against Edmund Brown for governor of California (Banks 200) and won (Sidey 143). Regan’s fame and training from Hollywood helped him win the election for governor (Orr 35). When Reagan became governor of California, he…

drleecheek.net (“Ronald Reagan,” n.d.), President Reagan made the following statement during his 20 January 1981 inaugural address, “To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion, and yet in the history of our nation it is a commonplace occurrence.” President Reagan, proved to be a visionary leader through his decisiveness, knowledge, wisdom and persistence, while remaining humble and good-natured (“Ronald Reagan,” n.d.). Furthermore, did you know President Reagan use…