Term Paper on "Ronald Reagan Contemporary Role Model"

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Ronald Reagan

CONTEMPORARY ROLE MODEL

The objective of this work in writing is to choose a contemporary role model, and for this work chosen is former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. This work will apply consideration to how one might emulate the characteristics, attitude, educational achievements and/or lifestyle of Ronald Reagan and what findings of a study of the life of Ronald Reagan might direct one's life. Scholarly articles will comprise this research in presenting what various scholars or writers have had to say about Ronald Reagan. Finally, this work will present a personal 'game plan' that would provide the opportunity to pattern the life of the writer after the role model of Ronald Reagan.

Introduction

Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) former President of the United States stated that: "We, the members of the New Republican Party, believe that the preservation and enhancement of the values that strengthen and protect individual freedom, family life, communities and neighborhoods and the liberty of our beloved nation should be at the heart of any legislative or political program presented to the American people." This statement was more than graciously stated words of patriotism indeed these words represent the very principle that guided the presidency of Ronald W. Reagan. Ronald Reagan was strongly determined evidenced in the work of Peter M. Robinson entitled, "Morning Again in America" published in the Hoover Digest who relates that "One day in 1977 Ronald Regan asked Richard Allen, who would become his first national security adviser, if Allen would like to hear his theory of the Cold Warm. "Some people think I'm simplistic," Reagan said:."..but there's a difference between being simplistic and being simple. My theory of the Cold War is that we win and they lose. What do you think about that?" (Robinson, 2004)

I. The Appeal of Reagan to the American Public

Ronald Reagan had an inherent understanding of the American public and according to Larry Hubbell in the work entitled: "Ronald Reagan as Presidential Symbol Maker: The Federal Bureaucrat as Loafer, Incompetent Buffoon, Good Ole Boy and Tyrant" Ronald Reagan "played on the public's resentment of the federal bureaucracy. For Reagan and his devoted audiences the federal bureaucrat was a symbol representing many of the qualities that are wrong with present-day society." (1991) Even after Ronald Reagan attained the Presidency he never lost his common touch and managed to keep the American public on his side. This appeal led the United States from what is described as a "...nation in decline." (Robinson, 2004) When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, he stated that: "The crisis we are facing today [requires] our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds...And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans." (Robinson, 2004)

II. Ronald Reagan - Profound Changer of History

Ronald Reagan instilled patriotism in the heart of Americans. Sidney Hook states in his work entitled: "The Hero in History" that the "...great man or woman in history is someone who we can say...that if they had not lived when they did, or acted as they did, the history of their countries and of the world...would have been profoundly different." (Robinson, 2004) Mikhail Gorbachev stated in an interview: "He was an authentic person and a great person. If someone else had been in his place, I don't know if what happened would have happened." (Robinson, 2004) When asked how history would remember him Ronald Reagan is stated to have replied: "I have no fears of that...Whatever else history may say about me when I am gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts." (Kengor, 2000)

III. Emulating a "Great Man"

Ronald Reagan was a positive individual who looked to higher ideals and believed that simple implementation of principles into government administration held the keys to success and to winning. Ronald Reagan believed that… READ MORE

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