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I posted this speech on FreeRepublic back in 1999. That thread is locked now, but it’s still accessible. Lots of great speech excerpts and quotes on that old thread:

"Courage" - Margaret Thatcher's thoughts on Ronald Reagan

[First_Salute]

You, too.

[T'wit]

Thank you. Appropriate and appreciated.

[EggsAckley]

Thanks for posting this. It helps take away that bad taste from this morning's anti-Reagan troll thread.

I miss Maggie!

[TOUGH STOUGH]

Thanks for the repost. It was a nice time in world history when both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were in power.

[Vic3O3]

thought you;d appreciate this one.

[bayourod]

Jan 11, 1989 Reagan's Farewell Speech
I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it and see it still.
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was eight years ago. But more than that; after 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.
We've done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for eight years did the work that brought America back. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.
And so, good-bye, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

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[Freee-dame]

Ronald Reagan, a great American !

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bttt

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I am so furious at the coverage of Reagan's death that I just witnessed on CBS, I just feel like bumping this again.

The entire CBS news department doesn't have half the grasp of world events that Margaret Thatcher has in her ear lobe.

She, a giant of this century in her own right, recognized the magnitude of Reagan's greatness. Together, they helped bring down the Soviet Union and freed a couple hundred million people from totalitarianism.

CBS brings "The Young and the Restless" to the world. I guess I just need to keep that in perspective.

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BUMP!

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BTTT

[First_Salute]

Bump.

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Bringing this one back up, in light of Mrs. Thatcher’s passing.