The Michael Barry Show.

Arguably Ronald Reagan's most famous speech he ever delivered, arguably, was delivered

before he was ever president.

It was in 1964.

He was campaigning for Barry Goldwater, who of course would lose to Lyndon Johnson that

year.

And the speech was entitled A Time for Choosing.

Ronald Reagan was at that point mostly known as a former actor.

He would go on to be a great governor of state of California and presidential candidate, and then, of course, president, the leader of the

conservative movement, the man who uttered the phrase, make America great again in 1980.

October 27, 1964, this is a defining moment in what would become an incredible political career. He'd done so many other

things before. And it really highlights his ideological shift from a Hollywood actor and a Democrat,

and confirmed Democrat, to not only a staunch conservative Republican, but the man who

would become the leader of the conservative movement in America.

He warns against government control, which was encroaching upon individual freedoms.

This is a timeless speech.

And he argues, still true today, expanding federal programs

and bureaucracies, risked undermining personal individual liberties, and the concept that is

core to our being, and that is self-reliance. Don't feed the bears. They'll grow dependent on it and won't

be able to take care of themselves. This is Ronald Reagan, a time for choosing. Enjoy it. The following

pre-recorded political program is sponsored by TV for Goldwater Miller on behalf of Barry Goldwater,

Republican candidate for president of the United States. Ladies and gentlemen, we take pride in presenting a thoughtful address by Ronald Reagan, Mr. Reagan.

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