Quotes

Reagan on Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Free Enterprise

“Today, clearly, history is on the side of the free.”

February 10, 1987

“Today, clearly, history is on the side of the free. In our own hemisphere we've witnessed an historic expansion of democracy. Ninety percent of the people of the Americas now live in democratic countries or countries in transition to democracy. And throughout the Third World, the failure of socialism is becoming increasingly evident.”

— Remarks to the Annual Leadership Conference of the American Legion