As my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of america and our people. He understood that no other nation under god was conceived in liberty quite the way that we are. His deep, innate understanding of americas exceptional place in the world gave him the strength to face down the soviet
Thanks, roger, ben, and all the trustees and staff for making this event possible. It is really special to be here today. Im honored you asked me to inaugurate the center for freedom of democracy. [microphone feedback] as my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. Westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of
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Whos to say out the gate that new ideas are not needed in our debate and finally i want to echo needas concluding words about people , its about democracy and id introduce the term resiliency. To kind of complete the thought that i opened earlier. One of the most exhaustively written about and i think also exhausting in effectiveness policy lanes is that of punishing bad guys. We have been in search for a quartercentury or more of tools that will work to punish bad guys, whether that bad guy Vladimir Putin or al qaeda and we go back and forth between overuse of sanctions and overuse of diplomatic finger wagging and what is enormously refreshing and if i may say so fundamentally george s kennan about what nina has written is that it is selfcritical about the way that we are not resilient in the face of challenges that are going to be there whether theres a Vladimir Putin behind them or there isnt so i find that very refreshing. Its an unfortunate description of an unfortunate reality bu
Watch booktv this Labor Day Weekend on cspan2 and be sure to watch the all virtual 2020s National Book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. Good afternoon. Im jane harman, the president and ceo, like me you are probably suffering from zoom 50. However, to in here. This is a very important event and im excited. This is one of the zooms im really looking forward to. Because we are celebrating a new book, an important book by our very own nina janke waits who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow, the coolest title ever. Since last october. Before that she was a scholar with our institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose information war, russia, fake news and the future of congress. Its an amazing title and is essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom in all your friends. We remember russia Successful Campaign in 2016 to so distrust and confusion in years ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information war as nin