Rate this book

The Notes: Ronald Reagan's Private Collection Of Stories And Wisdom (2011)

by Ronald Reagan(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0062065130 (ISBN13: 9780062065131)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper

review 1: Highlights and Points to Ponder about "The Notes:"This was a good little book filled with quotes Ronald Reagan collected on 4x6 cards. A couple boxes of these notes were found at the Reagan Library. Some are on display at his Presidential Library. Most were hand written a well. Neat collection. Here are a couple of my favorites:-Thomas Jefferson said: "I place the economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared."-Winston Churchill: "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings while the inherent virtue of Socialist is the equal sharing of miseries."-Wilfred A Peterson: "Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do."-"Anyone who thinks he is ... moregoing to be happy and prosperous by letting government take car of him should take a good look at the American Indian."-"Prosperity is something created by businessmen for politicians to take credit for."
review 2: A good collection of thoughts that Reagan had accumulated over his life. (A gift from my daughter – what is it about my kids that give such great gift ideas?). Reagan collected short statements / quotations throughout his life. This is a collection of those notes that was recently found.There are a couple of problems with the book. One is that the editor included a short descriptive list of the people who were the source of the statements. But the list is incomplete! Why have a list that is incomplete? Abraham Lincoln is in the list, but not Abba Elan (the former wasn’t necessary and lacking the later is deleting the ones that are valuable. While poor appendix does not degrade from the collection of notes, it fails to add the value it could have added. The notes were organized and categorized by the editor – not by Reagan. This might help, but if there was some significance to the original order, it was lost to he readers (but presumably still extant at the Library).Overall, I enjoyed the book. It is not one to sit and read I a day (but that works also) but one to pick up from time to time. less

Download links for: The Notes: Ronald Reagan's Private Collection of Stories and Wisdom

Advertising