Decline. And the characteristics that contributed to those declines were Massive National debt, United States has 23 trillion and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater then the Gross Domesticproduct of some nations. I like President Trumps state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He didnt talk about cutting a single Government Program or even the rate of increase in spending. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happens in this town is spending area you can always get agreement on more. The second contribution to the decline of great nations and superpowers is uncontrolled immigration without assimilation. We want people to come to america but we want them to come legally and in an orderly fashion and then to the assimilated like the immigrants of the past and become fully american, not hyphenated americans as we have to often today and then theres the loss of a moral sense contributing to the decline of great nations. In America Today as cole port
Its good toagan see norm and your incoming senator kerry oleary. In his book, larry said that jerry filled his coat pockets with pastries. Earlier tonight, just to be safe, i told him, keep your hands off my dinner roll. Said repairing me for a press conference was like reinventing the wheel. Its not true, i was around when the wheel was invented, and it was easy. [laughter] [applause] fmr. Pres. Reagan even howard baker is writing a book about me. Five, thed three by measure of a president. [laughter] mike said reagan that i have a short Attention Span in his book. I was going to reply to that, lets movehe hell, on to something else. [laughter] fmr. Pres. Reagan now, i forgot jacob smirnov. I have heard him before and he is a funny man. Why dont you and i have a little fun . How would you like to go to the summit as my interpreter . [laughter] [applause] the media reagan certainly has had a lot to report on lately. I thought it was extraordinary that Richard Nixon went on meet the pre
Tonight, we will mark the tradition by showing speeches from past years, including those from president hill clinton, george w. Bush and barack obama. But first, remarks by president ronald reagan, delivering his last speech to the dinner in 1988. [applause] you. Pres. Reagan thank thank you. [applause] fmr. Pres. Reagan thank you. Thank you very much. Please. Thank you all. I am delighted to be here. My, what a crowd. It looks like the index of larrys book. [laughter] [applause] its good toagan see norm and your incoming senator kerry oleary. In his book, larry said that jerry filled his coat pockets with pastries. Earlier tonight, just to be safe, i told him, keep your hands off my dinner roll. Said repairing me for a press conference was like reinventing the wheel. Its not true, i was around when the wheel was invented, and it was easy. [laughter] [applause] fmr. Pres. Reagan even howard baker is writing a book about me. Five, thed three by measure of a president. [laughter] mike sa
2026. Really . The only thing we learn from history as we have heard the cliches that we learn nothing from history. Eight empires and great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire, but all followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that contributed to those declines were Massive National debt. United states 23 trillion and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I liked President Trumps state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He did not talk about cutting a single Government Program. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happens in this town is spending. The second contribution to the decline of great nations and superpowers and empires is uncontrolled immigration without assimilation. We want people to come to america but we want them to come legally and in an orderly fashion. To be assimilated like immigrants of the past and become full
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