The founders of the United Nations expected that member nations would behave and vote as individuals after they had weighed the merits of an issue – rather like a great, global town meeting. The emergence of blocks and the polarization of the United Nations undermine all that this organization initially valued.
Ronald Reagan
Vote
The vote on the
The vote on the Peacekeeper is also a vote on Geneva. Rejecting the Peacekeeper will knock the legs out from under the negotiating table. (On importance of the MX missile)
Ronald Reagan
I have come to
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn’t the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him?
Ronald Reagan
When I’ve heard all
When I’ve heard all I need to make a decision, I don’t take a vote. I make a decision. Ronald Reagan
Now back in 1927
Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.
Ronald Reagan