1 Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir (New York: Little, Brown, 1989), 70.
2 Ronald Reagan, foreword to On the Outside Looking In, by Michael Reagan (New York: Zebra Books, 1989), 8–10. Citations refer to the paperback edition.
3 Ryan Sanders, “The Father Absence Crisis in America [Infographic],” National Fatherhood Initiative, November 12, 2013, http://www.fatherhood.org/bid/190202/The-Father-Absence-Crisis-in-America-Infographic.
1 Kiron K. Skinner, Martin Anderson, and Annelise Anderson, Reagan in His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), xvi–xvii.
2 Kevin Duncan, “Americans Paying More in Taxes than for Food, Clothing, and Shelter,” Tax Foundation, May 3, 2012, http://taxfoundation.org/article/americans-paying-more-taxes-food-clothing-and-shelter.
3 Janet Bodnar, “Economist: We’re Taxing the Wrong Things,” Kiplinger, May 7, 2015, http://m.kiplinger.com/article/business/T019-C021-S003-economist-we-re-taxing-the-wrong-things.html.
4 Mike Rowe, “Why ‘Work Smart, Not Hard’ Is the Worst Advice in the World,” PopularMechanics.com, August 14, 2013, http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a9333/why-work-smart-not-hard-is-the-worst-advice-in-the-world-15805614/.
5 Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream—40th Anniversary Edition: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, ed. James M. Washington (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992), 20.
6 Michael Moroney, “The Myth of Working Hard vs. Working Smart,” Entrepreneur, December 27, 2013, http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230527.
1 Ronald Reagan, Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), 14.
2 Katherine Mangu-Ward, “Kerry on Reagan,” The Weekly Standard, June 7, 2004, http://www.weeklystandard.com/kerry-on-reagan/article/5421.
3 Shannon Bream, “Reagan Gets the Shaft in Textbooks,” Tricky Politics (blog), March 11, 2010, http://trickypolitics.blogspot.com/2010/03/expert-reagan-gets-shaft-in-textbooks.html.
1 The University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, “President Reagan: First Press Conference, January 29, 1981,” YouTube video, 5:57, transcribed by the author, posted by “MCamericanpresident,” April 6, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGaN_qjih08.
2 Dinesh D’Souza, Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 9.
3 Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, Reagan: A Life in Letters (New York: Free Press, 2003), 747-748.
4 Ibid., 800.
5 Ronald Reagan, An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 715.
6 David Cross, “The Evil Empire Speech,” Following the Presidents (blog), February 25, 2013, http://followingthepresidents.com/2013/02/25/the-evil-empire-speech/.
7 Natan Sharansky, “The View from the Gulag,” The Weekly Standard, June 21, 2004, http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/5446.
8 Ibid.
9 Leslie Stahl, Reporting Live (New York: Touchstone, 1999), 113.
10 William E. Pemberton, Exit with Honor: The Life and Presidency of Ronald Reagan (New York: Routledge, 1998), 69.
1 Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 6.
2 Ibid., 12.
3 Child Trends Databank, “Births to Unmarried Women,” Child Trends, March 2015, http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=births-to-unmarried-women.
4 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, 13 (New International Version).
1 Max Boot, “Reagan Vindicated: Missile Defense Works,” Commentary, November 18, 2012, https://www.commentarymagazine.com/american-society/military/ronaldreagan-vindicated-missile-defense-works/.
2 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International Version).
3 Ronald Reagan, “Primary Resources: Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy,” PBS, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/reagan-iran-contra/.
1 Paul Kengor, “That Wall,” National Review, June 12, 2007, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/221231/wall-paul-kengor.
2 Williamson Murray and Richard Hart Sinnreich, Successful Strategies: Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 412.
3 Jack Nelson and Eleanor Clift, “But ‘Star Wars’ Remains a Contentious Issue: Two Leaders Try to Charm Each Other,” Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1985, http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-22/news/mn-990_1_star-wars.
4 Robert Knight, “Reagan’s Rollback of Communism Is a Model for the Tea Parties,” Townhall.com, February 8, 2011, http://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2011/02/08/reagan%E2%80%99s_rollback_of_communism_is_a_model_for_the_tea_parties/page/full.
5 Paul Kengor, “That Wall.”
6 Igor Korchilov, Translating History: Thirty Years on the Front Lines of Diplomacy with a Top Russian Interpreter (New York: Scribner, 1997), 156.
7 Ronald Reagan, An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 706-707.
8 Peggy Noonan, What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era (New York: Random House, 2010), 149.
9 Ronald Reagan, Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), 199.
10 Mark 9:35 (New International Version).
11 Donald T. Regan, “Death of a Boy’s Goldfish and Other Summit Events,” Sun-Sentinel, May 23, 1988, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-05-23/features/8801310656_1_goldfish-first-lady-villa-fleur-d-eau.
12 Thomas L. Friedman, “How to Get a Job at Google,” New York Times, February 22, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?_r=0.
1 Steven F. Hayward, The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964-1980 (New York: Three Rivers, 2001), 101.
2 John Meroney, “Here’s the Rest of Him,” Claremont Review of Books, May 24, 2001, http://www.claremont.org/crb/article/heres-the-rest-of-him/; Lou Cannon, Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio: A History Illustrated from the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum (New York: PublicAffairs, 2001), 40.
3 Ronald Reagan, An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 153.
4 Ronald Reagan, Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), 163.
5 Carl Sandburg Home, “Lincoln Biographer,” National Parks Service, http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/carl/lincolnBiographer.html.
6 Matthew 6:1 (New Living Translation).
1 Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 12.
2 Matthew 6:12 (New International Version).
3 Patti Davis, “Saying No to Daddy,” Town & Country, January 2012, 77.
4 Patrick B. McGuigan, “Ronald Reagan at 103: A Reporter Recalls Face Time with the President,” Watchdog.org, February 6, 2014, http://watchdog.org/127553/memory-reagan-at-103/.
5 “Child Molesters,” Yello Dyno, http://yellodyno.com/Statistics/statistics_child_molester.html.
6 Matthew 18:1-9; 19:13-14; Mark 9:37, 42; 10:13-15; Luke 17:1-2; 18:15-16.
1 Ronald Reagan, An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 109.
2 2 Timothy 1:7 (New King James Version).
1 Paul Kengor, “Where Have You Gone, Bill Casey?,” American Thinker, February 26, 2009, http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/02/where_have_you_gone_bill_casey.html.
2 Ronald Reagan, “Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session with Reporters on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike,” Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, August 3, 1981, http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/80381a.htm.
3 Marshall Loeb, Lee Smith, and Ann Reilly Dowd, “Cover Story: Reagan on Decision-Making, Planning, Gorbachev, and More,” Fortune, September 15, 1986, http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/15/68051/index.htm.
1 Ronald Reagan, An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 56.
2 Ronald Reagan, Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), 135.
3 Psalm 91:11 (New International Version).
4 Hebrews 1:14 (New International Version).
5 2 Timothy 4:7-8 (New International Version).
1 Ronald Reagan, foreword to On the Outside Looking In, by Michael Reagan (New York: Zebra Books, 1989), 8. Citations refer to the paperback edition.