Zak: Ronald Reagan sums it up very nicely

GRAND OLD PARTISAN by Michael Zak - Addressing the Republican National Convention on this day [August 15th] in 1988, Ronaldus Magnus said: ∴ "Our party speaks for human freedom - for the sweep of liberties that are at the core of our existence. We do not shirk from our duties to preserve freedom so it can unfold across the world for yearning millions. ∴ We believe that lasting peace comes only through strength and not through the goodwill of our adversaries. ∴ We have a healthy skepticism of government - checking its excesses at the same time we're willing to harness its energy when it helps improve the lives of our citizens. ∴ We have pretty strong notions that higher tax receipts are no inherent right of the Federal Government. ∴ We respect the values that bind us together as families and as a nation. ∴ I believe that God put this land between the two great oceans to be found by special people from every corner of the world who had that extra love of freedom that prompted them to leave their homeland and come to this land to make it a brilliant light beam of freedom to the world."

Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is his acclaimed history of the GOP, cited by Clarence Thomas in a Supreme Court decision. He is also the author of the 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar. His Grand Old Partisan website celebrates more than fifteen decades of Republican heroes and heroics.