Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

Every year since 2002 California Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger have proclaimed February 6 "Ronald Reagan Day" in the state of California in honor of their most famous predecessor. C. Boulware known for his tough stance against unions and his innovative strategies to win over workers championed the core tenets of modern American conservatism: free markets anticommunism lower taxes and limited government.

A conservative icon he ranks highly in public opinion polls of U. His supply-side economic policies dubbed "Reaganomics" advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth controlling the money supply to reduce inflation deregulation of the economy and reducing government spending. Presidents and is credited for generating an ideological renaissance on the American political right.