US Presidency
1988

But in that same city of Detroit, when the 20th century was only in its second year, another great Republican, Teddy Roosevelt, told Americans not to hold back from dangers ahead but to rejoice: Our hearts lifted with the faith that to us and to our children it shall be given to make this Republic the mightiest among the peoples of mankind. Teddy said those, years ago. In 1980 we needed every bit of that kind of faith. That year, it was our dream that together we could rescue America and make a new beginning, to create anew that shining city on a hill. The dream we shared was to reclaim our government, to transform it from one that was consuming our prosperity into one that would get out of the way of those who created prosperity. It was a dream of again making our nation strong enough to preserve world peace and freedom and to recapture our national destiny.