It's quite odd in our usa political culture that foolish people will blindly attribute these words and ideas to Ronald Reagan. These are wonderful thoughts - and powerful ones. I always remember being in awe of these speeches that Ronald Reagan gave when I was a teenager.

But, Reagan was acting as a parasite. That's my feeling, as a person who is also a writer - and sees that really is our place in the world - to be fodder for other people's fame, political success, or fortune. Indeed, Peter Robinson and Peggy Noonan were the real authors of these speeches which he gave.