A Time For Choosing Speaker Series with former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute is proud to announce that former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will be the Foundation’s first speaker in its new Time for Choosing Speaker Series, a new forum for leading voices in the conservative movement to address critical questions facing the future of the Republican Party.

During the Time for Choosing Speaker Series, formal speeches will be delivered at the Reagan Library leading intellectuals, U.S. representatives, U.S. senators, governors and emerging 2024 presidential candidates. Speeches will specifically address fundamental questions, such as “Why are you a Republican?,” “What should the Republican Party stand for?,” and “What are the Republican philosophies we can all agree on?”

"It is a great honor to kick off the Time for Choosing series,” said former Speaker Paul Ryan. “I look forward to addressing these fundamental and timely questions, but more importantly I am eager to hear how other Republican and conservative leaders, each with their own convictions and priorities, address the same questions. I am confident that our substantive, reasoned dialogue will do a service to the legacy of President Reagan and the party he once led."

The series derives its name from the iconic 1964 address Ronald Reagan delivered to support Senator Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign. A political newcomer at the time, Ronald Reagan presented the country with a choice between "man's old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order" and "the ant heap of totalitarianism."

Table of Contents:
0:00 Welcome & Pledge of Allegiance
1:57 Time for Choosing Explanation
6:00 Paul Ryan Introduction
7:20 Paul Ryan Takes the Stage
7:43 Isn't it Nice to Get Outside Together
8:48 A Lifelong Admirer of President Reagan
11:00 Reagan Conservatism
13:38 A Good Sign from 2020
14:18 We Find Ourselves at a Crossroads
15:48 It's Only the Cause that Endures
16:38 Joe Biden and Unification
18:06 Accomplishments Before 2020
21:00 The Pandemic
22:18 Everyone Should Feel Welcome
23:00 Issues of the Left
25:30 We Need to Be Frank...
26:16 Conservatism Values
28:24 America's Security
29:42 America is an Idea
31:00 The Conservative Cause & Conclusion