On October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan delivered the speech, “A Time for Choosing,” known among Reagan hands forever afterwards as, simply, “the speech.” This week on Uncommon Knowledge, Mark Steyn and Rob Long listen to a speech delivered more than four decades ago—and remark on its astonishing relevance today.

Ronald Reagan: We’re at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long drive from the swamps to the stars. And it’s been said if we lose that war…history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.
Mark Steyn: That’s still relevant because it’s really not about the enemy – it’s always about us. That’s to say, free and prosperous societies always have existential enemies. But what determines whether they triumph or not is not them, but us.
Rob Long: This really is the last stand. Or at least it was until we changed the brochure.

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