Reagan Champion Of Justice

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There are many reasons as to why Ronald Reagan deserves the name “Champion of Justice.” Those reasons include ending communism in some countries, and the destruction of the Berlin wall. For those reasons and reasons to come I will show you why Ronald Reagan deserves the name “Champion of Justice.”
When leaving office in 1988, President Reagan was very satisfied with the effects of what his supporters had named the “Reagan Revolution”. In his Farewell Address to the Nation, he said, “We’ve done our part. I walk into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan Revolution, the men and women across America who for eight years did the work that brought America back. My friends: We did it. We weren’t just marking time. We made a difference. We made a city stronger. We made a city free, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.” This right here is a reason as to why Ronald Reagan is a true “Champion of Justice”
The Reagan Revolution involved cutting back the size of the federal government and getting it out of the lives of Americans. Reagan came in to office with three main goals and a plan to enforce them. “He believed that the government was too big, that it taxed too much, and that the Soviet Union was an evil empire, getting away with murder across the world” (The White House, Biography of Ronald Reagan [Washington D.C: www.whitehouse.gov, 2004], 1). From the first day of his Presidency, Reagan began to move towards starting his campaign promises, and in doing so, he rejuvenated the American pride.
Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in a small apartment in Tam Pico, Illinois. His parents were John and Nellie Reagan. The Reagan’s lived in Dixon, where Ronald Reagan was known for his skills as a lifeguard. Reagan spent summers being a lifeguard at the Rock River, where for six years; he pulled 77 drowning swimmers out of the water. Reagan a...