Looking at that picture brings a little water to my eyes too, he'll always be the greatest president in my book.
"And whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.
My fondest hope for each one of you -- and especially for the young people here -- is that you will love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism. May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will make the world a little better for your having been here.
May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek divine guidance, and never lose your natural, God-given optimism.
And finally, my fellow Americans, may every dawn be a great new beginning for America and every evening bring us closer to that shining city upon a hill."
-Ronald Reagan, 1992
7 posted on 06/05/2004 3:55:56 PM CDT by jwrogers -
on the thread titled " Ronald Reagan passed away"
And SO WORTH REPEATING!
(On CBS, a biographer of Reagan just told Dan Rather that he felt like a 'large part of the earth just crumbled away...', now I'm weeping. I agree.)
Thank you Father so much for this good, good man and his tremendous vision and leadership. Please impress upon him the love we feel, in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Our loss is Heaven's gain.