Auction Date:2010 Jan 13 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
Extraordinary AQS, signed “Ronald Reagan,” one page on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of his personal letterhead, Pacific Palisades, no date [circa 1965]. In full: “One hundred years ago Lord Macauley said, ‘Rome was over run and conquered by the Barbarians in the fifth century A.D.’ In the middle of the 20th century America will be over run and destroyed but with this difference. Ancient Rome’s Barbarians came from without—Americas Barbarians will have been created by her own Democratic institutions and will come from within.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Reagan’s hand. In fine, clean condition, with a small crease to top margin through letterhead.
The 1960s were a time of civil unrest—actions that Reagan, on the verge of launching his political career, did not take lightly. With student protests commonplace, Reagan looked upon such individuals as “barbarians” attempting to overrun America. Capitalizing on this belief, shared by other conservatives of the era, Reagan launched his political career in 1966 by targeting student peace activists at the the University of California-Berkeley. Throughout that gubernatorial campaign, he emphasized two main theme that are touched upon in this quote: "to send the welfare bums back to work" and, regarding the anti-war movement, "to clean up the mess at Berkeley." Reagan’s strong anti-subversive posture, clearly stated here, had characterized his entire political career. The chairman of the Wisconsin Young Republican Convention originally obtained this item in the mid-1960s from Reagan after a request for contributions to a fund-raising auction, and was kept when the auction was canceled. Such strongly worded and politically significant statements in Reagan’s own hand are of the utmost interest and rarity.
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5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
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