Wall. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Good morning, welcome. Im delighted you chose to join us for this the 10th annual Ronald Reagan symposium here at Regent University in virginia beach, virginia, on this cold late winter morning. My name is eric patterson. I serve as the dean of the school of government. I would like to introduce to you one of our senior leaders. To kick off this conference. He is a distinct scholar in academic. He has served as the dean of our college of arts and sciences. He is the author, editor of five books and he currently serves as the executive Vice President for academic affairs. Help me in welcoming to the podium, dr. Morano. Dr. Morano good morning. On behalf of the board of trustees i want to welcome you to the 10th annual Ronald Reagan symposium. This symposium brings together thought leaders to discuss issues around the theme derived from president reagans political career. This years theme the challenges of fostering global freedom, connects to
Thank you. I want to thank andrew. I think he was in my first class at grove city college. I think he literally was. Thank you to pat foil and ron r robinson who is not here but thank you for all you do for young people and campuses around the country. Ronald reagan conservatives was about preserving. Thanks to cspan for being here, too. People call cspan and say thank god for cspan. There is not many sources as objective as cspan. They put it out there unedited. And let it speak for itself. There are so many talks that good on around the world and i say if there could be a camera here to capture and broadcast this and only cspan does that. What is a reagan conservative is my topic. And that is based on my new book 11 principles of a reagan conservative. This question, what is a reagan conservative you hear if you do a Google Search on the words reagan conservative it comes up with 30 Million People trying to define and what it means. And a lot of that is because so Many Republican can
Like to leave you with words from terence kirk and he wrote this the gift of special life is no less beautiful which acco acy with illany illness, lonliness, or anything else. Human life gains extra splendor as it requires special care, concern and reverence. It is through the weakest vestals vessels the lord reveals love. A former student of mine who has a down syndrome child, i shared that with him and he said that is so true. Another principle of reagan conservative. American exceptioanaliexception. Reagan thought america was a book beacon to all humanity and the last hope. He said that for 30 years before the presidency. I found a speech he gave to a tiny Womens College wall William Woods college in missouri not far from where churchhill made his irony curtain speech. And in that speech, reagan said america is less than place than an idea. Chew that over. America is less of a place than an idea. It really is. The bases of this country and our religion and the idea that deep within
Thank you. I want to thank andrew. I think he was in my first class at grove city college. I think he literally was. Thank you to pat foil and ron r robinson who is not here but thank you for all you do for young people and campuses around the country. Ronald reagan conservatives was about preserving. Thanks to cspan for being here, too. People call cspan and say thank god for cspan. There is not many sources as objective as cspan. They put it out there unedited. And let it speak for itself. There are so many talks that good on around the world and i say if there could be a camera here to capture and broadcast this and only cspan does that. What is a reagan conservative is my topic. And that is based on my new book 11 principles of a reagan conservative. This question, what is a reagan conservative you hear if you do a Google Search on the words reagan conservative it comes up with 30 Million People trying to define and what it means. And a lot of that is because so Many Republican can
My name is jose, i lost my son seven years ago, thank you. My name is kate hinckley, im here to give a voice to my baby sister, kirsten, who was killed when she was 15 at Charlie Square in salt lake city. Im carolyn tuft, my daughter kirsten was killed in salt lake city. And i was also seriously injured in 2007. My name is peter reed, im here, again, as i was in april, because of my daughter, mary. She was shot and killed in her french class on the campus of Virginia Tech on april 16, 2007. My name is casey, my little brother, derrek was riddled with bullets on september 8, 2001 new york sacramento, california. In sacramento, california. My name is paul mauser, im the father of paul maus of Daniel Mauser who was killed in the massacre at columbine high school. My name is paul wilson. My beautiful wife christy lyn wilson, 26 years, was cowardly shot and killed in california, onth 12, 2011. October 12, 2011. Im andre, i am father of bear. My son miraculously survived the shooting, he was