American Decades
"Foreign Affairs: The Need for Leadership"
Speech
By: Ronald Reagan
Date: March 17, 1978
Source: Reagan, Ronald. "Foreign Affairs: The Need for Leadership." March 17, 1978, speech delivered to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Available online at http://www.reaganlegacy.org/speeches/reagan.americas.purpos... ; website home page: http://www.reaganlegacy.org (accessed May 25, 2003).
About the Author: Ronald Reagan (1911–) was a successful movie and television actor from the 1930s through the 1950s. In his first bid for political office, he won the governorship of California in 1966 on a pro-business platform that took direct aim at the liberalism of the era. Despite an unsuccessful presidential run in 1976, Reagan remained in the national political spotlight and...
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1970's Government and Politics Primary Sources
- The End of the Vietnam War
- Law and Order
- "Presidential Speech Announcing Acceptance of an Invitation to Visit the People's Republic of China"
- A Thaw in the Cold War
- Dark Days in the White House
- "Text of Address by McGovern Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination"
- From Victor to Vanquished
- The Boys on the Bus
- Why Not the Best
- "Is America Turning Right?"
- "Foreign Affairs: The Need for Leadership"
- Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American
- A National Malaise
- I'm Mad as Hell: The Exclusive Story of the Tax Revolt and Its Leader
- Yellow Ribbon: The Secret Journal of Bruce Laingen
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
