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YBF visit the Ronald Reagan Ranch

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Thanks to the kindness of the Young America’s Foundation, YBF was able to visit the Ronald Reagan Ranch outside of Santa Barbara in California. Ronald and Nancy Reagan used it as an oasis of calm far away from the politics of Washington D.C. during his time in office.

It was once said by former First Lady Nancy Reagan, to truly know Ronald Reagan the man, you must go to the Ranch. The peaceful, tranquil surroundings are truly awe inspiring. Wild horses roam the grounds untroubled in a place he called Rancho Del Cielo, the ‘Ranch in the Sky.’

Ronald Reagan himself described it like this:

“From the first day we saw it, Rancho Del Cielo cast a spell over us. No place before or since has ever given Nancy and me the joy and serenity it does.”

Set in 600 acres of land, the centrepiece is the house itself, a humble abode restored to its original state. During his time there, Reagan personally built most of the Ranch himself, including the fence made out of old telephone polls that surrounds the house.

Reagan loved the Ranch so much he often invited world leaders and friends to visit him there. In 1993 Margaret Thatcher finally got the chance to visit Ronald and Nancy’s beloved presidential retreat. Their special relationship allowed them to achieve much during their time in power on both sides of the Atlantic. Lady Thatcher said a final goodbye with a heartfelt, emotional eulogy at his funeral in 2004. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh also visited in 1983. Despite the winding road and treacherous weather, the Queen insisted on making the journey. Continue reading →

Guest Blog – Will Pope Benedict XVI promote freedom for Cuba like Pope John Paul II, Reagan and Thatcher before him?

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By Megan Moore

On his visit to Cuba in 1998, Pope John Paul II said: ‘Called to overcome isolation, [Cuba] needs to open herself to the world and the world needs to draw close to Cuba, her people, her sons and daughters who are surely her greatest wealth.’

Less than a decade previously he, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had together helped bring about the defeat of the Soviet Union through staunch and uncompromising opposition to the evils of Communism, with the Holy Father providing spiritual leadership in complement to the statesmanship of Thatcher and Reagan. As such his words to the people of Cuba were a powerful witness to hope of the kind that had energised pro-democracy activists across the Soviet-tyrannised world and, most significantly, given birth to the Solidarity movement of his native Poland.

These words are now being quoted by the human rights campaigning group Una Cuba in a petition urging John Paul II’s successor, Pope Benedict XVI, to engage with pro-democracy activists on his upcoming visit to the country on the 26th March. They ask him to ‘bend the arc of the moral universe’, and ‘continue the Church’s historic tradition’ of aiding the oppressed. For Cuba remains a country in which the basic rights of citizens are routinely curtailed, dissidents are imprisoned, and economic freedom is barely existent. The current regime under Raul Castro may occasionally enact superficial ‘readjustments’, but at its core is a squalid denial of human dignity which would have been sadly familiar to Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II. Continue reading →

The Young Conservative Daily (Friday, 7 October 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF publishes a daily post points you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

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On this day…

2001: The United States began airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Camels cowered.

Daily Reaganite

“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“Human rights did not begin with the French Revolution…[they] really stem from a mixture of Judaism and Christianity…[we English] had 1688, our quiet revolution, where Parliament exerted its will over the King…it was not the sort of Revolution that France’s was…’Liberty, equality, fraternity’ — they forgot obligations and duties I think. And then of course the fraternity went missing for a long time.”

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The Young Conservative Daily (Tuesday, 4 October 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF publishes a daily post points you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

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On this day…

1535: The first English-language Bible was printed.

Daily Reaganite

“I don’t agree that our nation must resign itself to inevitable decline, yielding its proud position to other hands. I am totally unwilling to see this country fail in its obligation to itself and to the other free peoples of the world.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“Socialists cry ‘Power to the people’, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State.”

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The Young Conservative Daily (Monday, 3 October 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF publishes a daily post points you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

On this day…

1990: The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formally ceased to exist, its territory becoming part of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Daily Reaganite

“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.”

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  • Join YBF at the Conservative Party Conference where we have an exhibition booth in the Freedom Zone and we are hosting two roundtable discussions: one entitled “Free Speech, Privacy & Super-Injunctions” and one entitled “Revolting Students: Now Do You Believe Us?”

The Young Conservative Daily (Sunday, 2 October 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF publishes a daily post points you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

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On this day…

2009: Voters in Ireland were undemocratically ordered to the polls in a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Daily Reaganite

“It was Mussolini’s success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say ‘But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time.’”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“Pennies don’t fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.”

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The Young Conservative Daily (Saturday, 1 October 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF publishes a daily post points you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

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On this day…

1843: The News of the World was first published.

Daily Reaganite

“Lord Acton said power corrupts. Surely then, if this is true, the more power we give the government the more corrupt it will become.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“Communism and the National Front both seek the domination of the state over the individual. They both, I believe crush the right of the individual. To me, therefore, they are parties of a similar kind.”

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  • Join YBF at the Conservative Party Conference where we have an exhibition booth in the Freedom Zone and we are hosting two roundtable discussions: one entitled “Free Speech, Privacy & Super-Injunctions” and one entitled “Revolting Students: Now Do You Believe Us?”

The Young Conservative Daily (Friday, 30 September 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF publishes a daily post points you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

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On this day…

1944: Allied forces recapture Calais, belatedly making up for Mary Tudor’s shame in 1558.

Daily Reaganite

“Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“I can’t bear Britain in decline. I just can’t.”

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  • Join YBF at the Conservative Party Conference where we have an exhibition booth in the Freedom Zone and we are hosting two roundtable discussions: one entitled “Free Speech, Privacy & Super-Injunctions” and one entitled “Revolting Students: Now Do You Believe Us?”

The Young Conservative Daily (Thursday, 29 September 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF is today launching a new daily post that will point you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

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On this day…

1758: Lord Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. He did not need a government QUANGO to help him succeed despite his disabilities.

Daily Reaganite

“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“My job is to stop Britain going red”.

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  • Join YBF at the Conservative Party Conference where we have an exhibition booth in the Freedom Zone and we are hosting two roundtable discussions: one entitled “Free Speech, Privacy & Super-Injunctions” and one entitled “Revolting Students: Now Do You Believe Us?”

The Young Conservative Daily (Wednesday, 28 September 2011)

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As the principal resource for younger conservative and libertarian activists, YBF is today launching a new daily post that will point you to stories that we think may be of interest. We will also share two quotes from the two brightest lights in the conservative firmament – Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – each day. 

Right Click: Today’s Top Stories

On this day…

1066: William the Conqueror began the Norman Conquest of England. The last time these shores were successfully invaded and we were subjugated by foreigners imposing alien laws.

Daily Reaganite

“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”

Daily Dose of Thatcherism

“It’s the Labour Government that have brought us record peace-time taxation. They’ve got the usual Socialist disease — they’ve run out of other people’s money.”

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  • Join YBF at the Conservative Party Conference where we have an exhibition booth in the Freedom Zone and we are hosting two roundtable discussions: one entitled “Free Speech, Privacy & Super-Injunctions” and one entitled “Revolting Students: Now Do You Believe Us?”
  • Ann Coulter’s daily column is published today: check out www.anncoulter.com and be sure to infuriate your leftist friends by forwarding her column onto them!
  • Our Jewish brethren are celebrating Rosh Hashanah: Leshana Tova Tikoseiv Vesichoseim (Le’Alter LeChaim Tovim U’Leshalom)
  • Apple is set to launch the iPhone 5 on 4 October 2011