As my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of america and our people. He understood that no other nation under god was conceived in liberty quite the way that we are. His deep, innate understanding of americas exceptional place in the world gave him the strength to face down the soviet
Thanks, roger, ben, and all the trustees and staff for making this event possible. It is really special to be here today. Im honored you asked me to inaugurate the center for freedom of democracy. [microphone feedback] as my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. Westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of
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Conversations that other people are not having, and i feel like this is one of those. I would like to give you an little overview. If you have cell phones, please take photos, but dont make the flash happen. We are filming tonight, as you can see, and that is distracting. We will have the book for sale. We have them for sale currently. If you want to, i emplore you to look through it and have alan sign it as well. We have a wonderful server who will be here all night, so please take care of her as she will take care of you. I will now turn it on over to alan for the talk of ghosts of Sheridan Circle for the talk. [applause] dr. Mcpherson thank you very much, olivia. Thank you to busboys and poets for hosting this. I want to thank my publisher for putting this together, the few institutions, also, who made this happen in washington. Im so happy to be presenting this in washington, which is , you know, literally the scene of this crime. The institute for policy studies is very important
It. Here at busboys, we like to have conversations that others are not having, and this is one of them. I would like to give you an overview. If you have cell phones, please take photos but dont make the flash happen. We are filming tonight, as you can see, and that is distracting. We will have the book for sale. We have them or sale currently. If you want to, i employ you to look through it and have alan sign it. We have a wonderful server who will be here all night, so please take care of her as she will take care of you. I will now turn it on over to alan for the top of ghosts of Sheridan Circle for the talk of ghosts of Sheridan Circle. Dr. Mcpherson thank you very much, olivia. Thank you to busboys and poets for hosting this. I want to thank my publisher for putting this together, the few institutions, also, who made this happen in washington. Im so happy to be presenting this in washington, which is literally the scene of this crime. The institute for policy studies is very impor