President of the U.S., 1981-1989; Republican Governor (CA)
Goal is not material gain; but to renew the American dream
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan, at the Conservative Political Action Conference declared, "Higher productivity, a larger gross national product, a healthy
Dow Jones average--they are our goals and are worthy ones. But our real concerns are not statistical goals or material gain.
We want to expand personal freedom, to renew the American dream for every American. We seek to restore opportunity and reward, to value again personal achievement and individual excellence. We seek to rely on the ingenuity and energy of the
American people to better their own lives and those of millions of others around the world."
