Throwback Thursdays

President Reagan believed strongly that greater productivity growth was of supreme importance to America's future.

President Reagan wanted the Republican Party to be a party of inclusion.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – Ronald Reagan was raised that all men and women are created equal – regardless of race or religion. Here are President Reagan's remarks at a national Black Republican Council Dinner in 1982.

On September 1, 1983, the Soviet Union shot down a Korean Airlines passenger airliner traveling from New York to Seoul, killing all 269 people on board. President Reagan called the attack a massacre and spoke to the nation about the importance of peace through strength.

President Reagan was proud of many things and especially proud to be an American. Learn more in this week’s Throwback Thursday with President Reagan podcast.

President Reagan was great at rallying the troops – at inspiring others to work together for the betterment of America. Here are President Reagan's remarks at a White House Briefing for Administration Supporters in 1987.

Ronald Reagan was raised that all men and women are created equal – regardless of race or religion. As such, he gave no leeway to those who showed racism. Here are President Reagan's remarks to Jewish Leaders at Temple Hillel in 1984.

President Reagan believed in working together, bipartisanship and everyone getting along. Starting in the 1960s while he was campaigning to be California’s Governor, and through the rest of his political career, Ronald Reagan often cited the 11th Commandment – thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican, a sentiment he credited to Gaylord Parkinson, the state chairman of California Republicans during the 1960s.

President Reagan believed so strongly in equality – that we are one people, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. These were President Reagan's words during an address to the nation on Independence Day in 1986.

Although he fought against illegal immigration, President Reagan knew that American citizenship was the dream and goal of many, and he wholeheartedly welcomed legal immigration.