Five ways Ronald Reagan loved the USA: Freedom is 'a universal right of all God's children'
foxbusiness.comFOX Business' Madison Alworth reports from Simi Valley, California, where the 2024 Republican candidates will take the debate stage Wednesday night.
Ronald Reagan presented his optimistic vision of the United States in easy, accessible language that resonated deeply with the American people.
The unique gift earned him the nickname «The Great Communicator.»
But his sunny if plainly presented faith in «a city upon a hill» was anything but simple.
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Reagan's philosophy and outlook were rooted in a complex command of historic, intellectual and geopolitical forces that made the United States unique in human history and the «last best hope on Earth,» Reagan biographer Craig Shirley told Fox News Digital.
«Ronald Reagan was a born optimist. It was at the heart of his governing philosophy,» said Shirley, author of «Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America» and other books about the 40th president.
President Reagan in 1982, at the Durenberger Republican convention rally. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Reagan's legacy serves as the backdrop of the second Republican primary debate on Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi, California, hosted by FOX Business.
Reagan's foundational values and ability to express them with charismatic style inspired support from Americans of all walks of life made him one of the most popular politicians in American history.
«Our founding documents proclaim to the world that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few. It is the universal right of all God's children.»
He won two landslide elections
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