"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 8 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.
All in all, not bad, not bad at all.
And so, goodbye, God Bless you,
and God Bless the United States of America."
President Ronald Reagan's spirit, his energetic determination against the naysayers, his dynamic optimistism, his unflinching stalwart resolve brought down an "evil empire" and raised the Torch of Freedom higher for all the world to see and know that America is the Land of the FRee and the Home of the Brave. Ronald Reagan will forever live richly in our hearts and on the pages of history for eons and will be honored and revered for eternity.