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When our heroes fail

By Kaylee McGhee White

Published August 2, 2019 6:52pm ET

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When our heroes fail — In 1984, Ronald Reagan reminded Washington that Americans never lost faith in themselves or their ability to shape their children?s future, it had been there all along.

At my alma mater, there’s a statue of Ronald Reagan on what we call the Liberty Walk. It sits across from Margaret Thatcher and is only a short distance from Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. These are the titans of conservatism, the heroes we hail.

And each of them failed just as often, if not more than they succeeded.

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