with its ragan institute.ive and well and washington and the world. to complete president reagan, we have proven the endowment for over $250 million. of course, this incredible library serves as the final resting place for both president and missus reagan. importantly, presidential library's are the repositories for the papers. records and historical materials of our nations presidents. as such, it is truly fitting to have with us today mr. david, the 10th of the united states. i might add with veterans day only a few days away, david previously served our nation's as a hospital corpsman during the vietnam war. so, david, thank you for your service to this great nation. your time in vietnam. healing the wounded. taking sure all presidents legacies including ronald reagan's are preserved and protected for the american people. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming mr. david. [applause] >> thank you, gentlemen. good morning. reading this from washington. i am really honored to be here to celebrate the

i learned that from ragan and never that in 40 plus years. i will send you as a senior trip advisor, he believed the same thing. we can us at home breeds weakness abroad and strengthen him, breeds strength abroad when the trumph do, he/corporate and small business tax rates any greeley economy, reinvigorated the economy unemployment fell, a lot of money into the defense budget. when to do that at that point estimate russia as it was china and so john f. kennedy talked about strength at home and strength abroad and kennedy was a stern anti- communist and people forget this, it was a long time ago but kennedy if he were alive today he would a bit of ragan and trump color but i am to sing the kennedy wanted growth home, i percent growth which he got from his tax cuts that if the soviet union it to send out. tooth and nail and these are historical principles at work whether you are a democrat or republican when my arguments today, as a former democrat, the last and forth was half republican meant the point and i will make is there was a time when

we elected ronald ragan. ronald reagan believed the country was exceptional.t country that believed in the common sense your governor talked about cap wheat saved the world. ronald reagan, margaret thatcher, and the pope changed the direction of where he would go. we cannot have the presidential election this time, but we have examples of states to rise up. i have one more portrait in my office. it is of washington crossing the delaware. you have all seen that famous portrait. you know when that place? if i asked the governor, he would tell you. christmas 1776. there is no iphone, no camera, no place to recorded except the history of the storytellers. who painted that painting? he was latin american but an immigrant -- he was not an american but an immigrant who went back home to germany. he painted it in 1850 and 1851 because he wanted to inspire germany to have a revolution based upon the values of america. he understood that america is more than a country, it is an idea. he wanted to inspire so he painted this picture. he gets things historically incorrect,

he spoke about the role of george schultz but could you touch a little bit how both men ronald ragan and goper chauffer the right man for the moment? and how nancy reagan work behind the scenes to pave the way? >> first of all, i don't think it was any great strategic sense on her part she felt so deeply about this. there are number off things. when her husband to go down as history as a great president, as a peacemaker. she really believed this was his role. also made some political sense that even people who liked ronald reagan were afraid that perhaps little to close on the trigger. she also understood something, that many people didn't aboutom ronald reagan. which is that along with the harsh cold war anti-communist rhetoric there's a lot idealism to ronald reagan, that he was a believer in the biblical prophecy of armageddon. that he really was enough of an idealist who envisioned a world without nuclear weapons. that is something she understood about him that not a lot of people did at that time. again this is truly a marriage. and so the two of them would have the argument ton

importantly for ragan he needs the government. he needs the b military, he nees big business to accomplish the other two. and so almost like kennedy he finds he needs the agencies he wants to get rid of too much to get rid of them. i will just share one anecdote in my book american the american entrance reagan the american present for david stockman was a true believer in reducing sized government for their sending out memos to all the departments, how are you coming on reducinge the size of your department? how are you doing reducing your budget? i guess one letter one memo back this guy says compass the guy reagan appointed who believed in reagan's agenda. he said well we have already spent all of this year's y budg. and we spent part of next year's budget two. i really don't think were going to get around to cutting anything anytime soon. it was an amazing admission one chore in the swamp at the darn near possible to rollback the swamp. so by 1984, reagan had pretty much given up on the third plank of his platform promises whic

vote for ragan, would not change a party because it was emotional.mocrats had gone off the reservation but she could no longer supportn them. stuart went a viola and randolph pass? >> guest: my mom that are 15 years ago my dad died about ten years ago for mymy dad was a nie years old to be so my dad would die before my mom. it was the opposite. as a second time i saw my father cry, when mom died. they were wonderful. i once asked, it must've been ten years before they died him at the kitchen table, peter, so it is a picture showing it off you can sit over here. >> guest: i see that yes. i don't know what occurred me too asked him ime said mom, dad, what did you assume your first date? they're married 54 years. my mom looked at my dad and my dad looked at my mom and said you guys don't remember? i said what was ted wearing? mom looked at dad, what was mom wearing? this is romantic. [laughter] through and you've lost a brother as well. the july did i lost my brother he was my best friend. and he was at his computer at 5:00 a.m. in the morning. friday t