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<< Prev Next >>| Program Number: | 20040107 |
| Title: | Why Ronald Reagan Matters: Personal Memories of a White House Speechwriter |
| Program Date: | Jan 7, 2004 |
| Location: | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Duration: | 01:02:50 (hh:mm:ss) |
| Summary: | Promoting his book, Robinson recounts his days writing speeches for President Reagan and Vice-President Bush. Mostly a memoir, he uses the story to highlight aspects of Reagan and Reagan's legacy. Robinson focuses on two things: the president's 1987 Brandenburg Gate speech, including the sentence "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," and the power of the individual--not the end of a historical inevitability--to change the world. An abridged transcript of the talk and question and answer period is available at commonwealthclub.org |
| Speaker(s): | Robinson, Peter M. - Speechwriter for President Reagan; Author, How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, 1993- |
| Sample Audio: | http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/04/04-01robinson-audio.html |
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| Copyright: | For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. |
| Last update: | Mar 31, 2010 |