A Time for Choosing - President Reagan

In 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a speech entitled “A Time for Choosing.“ It was presented during the U.S. presidential election campaign on behalf of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater. Reagan stressed his belief in the importance of smaller government, and revealed his ideological motivation: “The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come