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• When Reagan was outspoken about his faith it was usually for a purpose, but never for getting votes.

  Paul Kengor

  Purpose, Vote, Outspoken

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• "Freedom" is probably the word he said more than any other. He used the word freedom constantly. I think for some his frequent calls for freedom became a cliché because he did it so often. They didn't get it, but Reagan certainly did. He thought deeply about the relationship between God and human freedom and the nonrelationship between atheistic communism and that freedom.

  Paul Kengor

  Thinking, Communism, Used

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• The presidents varied in the degree to which they cited the founders. Some, like JFK, LBJ, [Richard] Nixon, and [Bill] Clinton, cited them somewhat frequently, in the range of 100 to 200 times, though, regrettably, not in a thematic or notably profound or even interesting way. Others, like Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, cited them rarely.

  Paul Kengor

  Profound, Interesting, President

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders.

  Paul Kengor

  Interesting, President, Research

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• There's the unique case of Ronald Reagan, who cited [founders] some 850 times, and in a way that was absolutely fundamental to understanding Reagan's vision for America.

  Paul Kengor

  Unique, America, Understanding

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• Ronald Reagan [ cite the founders] on behalf of emphasizing the faith of our founders, of limited government, of the uniqueness and exceptionalism of America, of a nation with a people facing another historic challenge beyond the American Revolution, and in contrasting the system of the United States with the system of the USSR.

  Paul Kengor

  Government, America, People

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• Colleges need learning, faith, and freedom. Each reinforces the others, each makes the others possible. For what are they without each other?

  Paul Kengor

  College, Needs

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• Freedom cannot exist alone.

  Paul Kengor

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• In [Ronald] Reagan's view, the American Founders had anchored their experiment in Judeo-Christian beliefs; the Bolsheviks deliberately established an antithetical model. Those founders of communism divorced their "faith" from God.

  Paul Kengor

  Christian, Views, Belief

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• You would hope that the supposed best of American educational institutions would teach its students about America as an institution.

  Paul Kengor

  Educational, America, Students

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• If our presidents, or potential presidents, don't know this or don't articulate [an America ideal], that's a blown opportunity. The president can teach as well as lead.

  Paul Kengor

  Opportunity, America, President

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• Issues are important, yes, but issues come and go. America as an ideal is timeless.

  Paul Kengor

  America, Issues, Important

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of the current political season.

  Paul Kengor

  Political, Understanding, Vision

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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• Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

  Paul Kengor

  Father, President, American History

  Source: www.visionandvalues.org

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