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(Smith/Cawley)
January 29, 1991
8 A.M.
GIPPER
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REAGAN VIDEO
FEBRUARY 6, 1991
Ladies and gentlemen. A woman who became the very embodiment of
Great Britain -- Mrs. Thatcher, God bless you from the bottom of
America's heart. Most of all, my dear friend and mentor who
loved his country and served her well -- Ronald Reagan. /
From the life of Nations emerge great, even mythic, figures.
Churchill. / Sadat. / Dwight Eisenhower. / Margaret Thatcher.
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course not only of their country but of history. //
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X
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Presidents by
States. Some men reflect their times. Mr. President, you helped
Jonathan Kane
p.266
change your times. You were a visionary, a crusader, an
evangelist for good. Which is why I say: They'll get you on Mt.
Rushmore yet. //
Today, Ronald Reagan is eighty X years X old -- yet as young as
X
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the American spirit -- for America will never grow old. You
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fair. " //
Think of America. / You helped restore faith in our Nation
-- and in ourselves. / Think of the world. You knew that human
2
dignity forms the essence of democracy. So you spoke loudly, and
eloquently, for freedom's values and ideals. // From Korea to
Normandy, X you lit the "morning star of liberty." Mr. President,
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you not only made ours a safer world in which to live. You made
lare p.127
ours a far better world in which to live. //
When your favorite President died in 1945, the New York
is Almanac, p.660
X
Times wrote, "Men will thank God on their knees, a hundred years
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from now, that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House. " It
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will not take 100 years -- millions do so today -- for us to
Richard Norton
smith, P.449
thank God that you were a President who truly blessed America. //
You often talked of "winning one for the Gipper." Mr.
President my dear friend you helped win one for freedom
per POTUS comments
around the world. //
In closing, let me end on a personal note. I want to thank
you for your many kindnesses to Barbara and me. I want to thank
you for your confidence. I know full well I would not be
President today were it not for your vote of confidence in me
eleven years ago when you chose me as your running mate. // God
bless you and Mrs. Reagan. And God bless these United States of
America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Cawley)
January 11, 1991
11 A.M.
GIPPER
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REAGAN VIDEO
FEBRUARY 6, 1991
Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans. Most of all, my dear
friend and mentor who loved his country and served her well --
Ronald Reagan. /
From the life of Nations emerge great, even mythic, figures.
Churchill. / Sadat. / Dwight Eisenhower. / Margaret Thatcher.
showed
that to Greathess
/ All were as was said of Charles DeGaulle -- "a person of
knows no national boundaries
the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow. IP Each
changed the course not only of their country but of history. //
So it was, and is, of the fortieth President of the United
States. Some men reflect their times. Mr. President, you helped
change your times. You were a visionary, a crusader, an
evangelist for good. Which is why I say: We'll get you on Mt.
Rushmore yet. //
Facts About the
X
residents P 266 Today, Ronald Reagan is eighty years old -- yet as young as
the American spirit -- for America will never grow old. You
sexis DOC.
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if RR, P.5.8
1985 fair. " //
Think of America. / You helped restore faith in our Nation
-- and in ourselves. / Think of the world. You knew that human
dignity forms the essence of democracy. So you spoke loudly, and
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eloquently, for freedom's values and ideals. // From Korea to
Ibroad in
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p.127 ours a far better world in which to live. //
For that, Mr. President, future generations will revere you.
But if you 11 forgive me, I would like to close on a personal
note. I have known many individuals in my career of public
service. I have never known a better friend, or inspiration. No
man could have been kinder -- no loyalty more abiding. No one
could have taught me more about the idea we call America. //
AS Almanac, P. 660
When your favorite X President died in 1945, the New York
Times wróte,
"A hundred years from now men will get down on their
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4 Richard
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P. 449 United States. It will not take 100 years -- millions do so
today -- for us to thank God that you were a President who truly
blessed America. //
You often talked of "winning one for the Gipper " Mr.
President -- my dear friend -- you helped win one for freedom
around the world. // God bless you and Mrs. Reagan. And God
bless these United States of America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Cawley)
January 11, 1991
8 A.M.
GIPPER
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REAGAN VIDEO
FEBRUARY 6, 1991
Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans. Most of all, my dear
friend and mentor, Ronald Reagan -- who did right -- and achieved
good -- for the United States of America. /
From the life of Nations emerge great, even mythic, figures.
Churchill. / Sadat. / Dwight Eisenhower. / Margaret Thatcher.
knows
should
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queatress
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nament
the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow. " Each
changed the course not only of their country but of history. //
So it was, and is, of Ronald Wilson Reagan. You were not
America's master of ceremonies. You became the world's master of
events -- a visionary, crusader, an evangelist for good. Which
is why I say: Mr. President, we'll get you on Mt. Rushmore yet.
//
Facts About The Today, Ronald Reagan is eighty years old -- yet as young as
Presidents, P .266
the American spirit -- for America will never grow old. You
Nexis doc- often spoke of America as a "shining city on a hill" -- and
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helped make it so. Embodying what you described as the American
song: "Hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and
Public Papers
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of RR, p.58 fair. " //
Think of America. / You helped restore faith in our Nation
-- and in ourselves. / Think of the globe. You knew that human
dignity forms the essence of democracy. So you spoke loudly, and
Konek-
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eloquently, for freedom's values and ideals. // From Korea to
Normandy, you lit the "morning star of liberty." Mr. President,
Abroad in
America
you not only made ours a safer world in which to live. You made
p.127
ours a far better world in which to live. //
For that, Mr. President, future generations will revere you.
But if you 11 forgive me, I would like to close on a personal
note. I have known many individuals in my career of public
service. I have never known a better friend, or inspiration. No
man could have been kinder -- no loyalty more abiding. No one
Almanac,
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could have taught me more about the idea we call America. //
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When your favorite President died in 1945, the New York
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Times wrote, "A hundred years from now men will get down on their
workshith by
knees and thank God that Franklin Roosevelt was President of the
United
States.
It will not take 100 years -- millions do so
today -- for us to thank God that you were a President who truly
blessed America. //
You often talked of "winning one for the Gipper. " Mr.
President -- my dear friend -- you helped win one for freedom
around the world. // God bless you -- the beloved Gipper -- and
Mrs. Reagan. And God bless our New Jerusalem -- these United
States of America.
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Men will thank God on their knees, a hundred years from now,
that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House."
NYT
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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
1-14-91
(Smith/Cawley)
January 11, 1991
11 A.M.
GIPPER
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REAGAN VIDEO
FEBRUARY 6, 1991
And
Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans. Most of all, my dear
friend and mentor who loved his country and served her well --
Ronald Reagan. /
From the life of Nations emerge great, even mythic, figures.
Churchill. / Sadat. / Dwight Eisenhower. / Margaret Thatcher.
/ All were -- as was said of Charles DeGaulle -- "a person of
the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow." Each
changed the course not only of their country but of history. //
So it was, and is, of the fortieth President of the United
States. Some men reflect their times. Mr. President, you helped
change your times. You were a visionary, a crusader, an
evangelist for good. Which is why I say: Thy' 11 get you on Mt.
?
Rushmore yet. //
Today, Ronald Reagan is eighty years old -- yet as young as
the American spirit -- for America will never grow old. You
often spoke of America as a "shining city on a hill" -- and
helped make it so. Embodying what you described as the American
song: "Hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and
fair. " //
Think of America. / You helped restore faith in our Nation
-- and in ourselves. / Think of the world. You knew that human
dignity forms the essence of democracy. So you spoke loudly, and
2
eloquently, for freedom's values and ideals. // From Korea to
Normandy, you lit the "morning star of liberty." Mr. President,
you not only made ours a safer world in which to live. You made
ours a far better world in which to live. //
For that, Mr. President, future generations will revere you.
But if you'll forgive me, I would like to close on a personal
note. I have known many individuals in my career of public
service. I have never known a better friend, or inspiration. No
man could have been kinder -- no loyalty more abiding. No one
could have taught yo me more about the idea we call America. //
When your favorite President died in 1945, the New York
Times wrote, "A hundred years from now men will get down on their
knees and thank God that Franklin Roosevelt was President of the
United States." It will not take 100 years -- millions do so
today -- for us to thank God that you were a President who truly
blessed America. //
You often talked of "winning one for the Gipper." Mr.
President -- my dear friend -- you helped win one for freedom
around the world. // God bless you and Mrs. Reagan. And God
bless these United States of America.
#
#
#
#
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NYT 11-11-70.p12
THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1970
World Leaders, Wartime Allies and Former Enemies
Last Giant' of War Era
Is Eulogized by Brandt
World leaders, World War
"our sad condolences to your
II allies and former enemies
excellency and to all those who
joined today in an emotional
are affected by this sudden
outpouring of tribute to Charles
passing of a great exponent of
de Gaulle.
our contemporray history."
Flags were ordered flown at
Tribute also came from Al-
half-staff from West Germany
geria, the country whose vio-
to the Ivory Coast, and many
lent struggle for independence
heads of state, led by Presi-
helped bring de Gaulle back to
dent Nixon, announced that
power over a decade ago. In
they would fly to Paris to at-
a message of condolence to
tend funeral services.
Mr. Pompidou, the Algerian
Chancellor Willy Brandt of
President Houari Boumediene
West Germany, in a television
described the general as "an
and radio eulogy, described de
exceptional patriot who, hav-
Gaulle as "the last giant of
ing assumed the tragic destiny
the war and postwar years"
of France, was able to conquer
who had helped to end the
again."
century-old enmity between
Heads of former French colo-
France and Germany.
nies in West Africa also re-
Hundreds of West Germans
membered de Gaulle as the man
were reported to have tele-
who had helped give them their
phoned or telegraphed French
freedom.
consulates and the French Em-
Senegal's President, Leopold
bassy in Bonn to express their
Sédar Senghor, recalled that de
condolences.
Gaulle "enabled us, without
In a message to President
bloodshed or argument, to real-
Pompidou, Queen Elizabeth II
ize our ideal of national Inde-
said de Gaulle's "courage and
pendence and friendly coopera-
tenacity in the allied cause
tion with France."
during the dark years of the
In the Ivory Coast, President
ALGERIA Three days after he returned to public life to become Premier, General de Ga
Second World War will never
Félix Houphouet Boigny de-
be forgotten."
tumultuous welcome from Europeans there. But many French Algerians turned against the genera
clared eight days of official
It was announced in London
mourning.
that Prince Charles would rep-
President Hubert Maga of
resent the Queen at the me-
Dahomey declared that "de
morial service tomorrow in
Gaulle was one of the world's
Paris and Prime Minister Heath
most illustrious men, ranking
De Gaulle's Words: Defia
would represent the Govern-
with Louis XIV and Napoleon.
ment.
Both Arab and Israeli lead-
Mr. Heath, who was the Com-
From Speeches
world-on an indisputable monetary basis,
local
ers offered tribute.
which bears the mark of no country in par-
ment
mon Market negotiator for Brit-
Lebanese Premier Saeb Salam,
Has the last word been spoken? Must
ticular. Which basis? In truth, one does not
voked
ain when de Gaulle vetoed
said, "The Arabs have lost a
Britain's membership applica-
great friend and a firm sup-
hope disappear? Is the defeat final? No. Be-
sec that there could really be a criterion,
elemen
tion, called him "a great states-
lieve me-I who speak to you in full aware-
a standard, other than gold.-News con-
in Pari
porter of their cause." King
man and leader," who personi-
Hussein of Jordan, in a cable-
ness and tell you that nothing is lost for
ference, Feb. 4, 1965.
fied the unconquerable spirit of
gram to President Pompidou,
France. The same means that have con-
The
France."
said de Gaulle had shown un-
quered us can bring victory one day. What-
Unless the universe is to head toward
ervatic
Field Marshal Viscount Mont-
derstanding of "the just Arab
ever happens, the flame of French resistance
catastrophe, only a political accord could
lic. Fo
gomery said that France lost
cause."
must not go out and shall not go out.-
re-establish peace. The conditions of such
our tre
her soul in the Nazi invasion
Former Premier David Ben
Speech on British Broadcasting Corporation,
of 1940 and "General de Gaulle
an agreement being clear and well known,
institu
Gurion of Israel said de Gaulle
June 18, 1940.
gave it back to her."
it is still time to hope. Just as the one in
sponsi
President Nixon wrote per-
"was never an enemy of
1954, the agreement would have as its pur-
a gov
sonal letters to Mrs. de Gaulle
Israel" and called him "the
Democracy, for me, precisely corresponds
pose to re-establish and guarantee the neu-
solve
and to President Pompidou. He
greatest French leader of the
to national sovereignty. Democracy is the
trality of the peoples of Indochina and their
of ans
said de Gaulle had "the quality
20th century."
government of the people exercising its
right to self-determination
allowing each
confide
of vision that could see the
The Soviet Premier, Aleksei
sovereignty without hindrance.-News con-
of them the entire responsibility of their
stake
grand sweep of history at a
Kosygin and the Party General
ference in London, Mayr27, 1942.
affairs. The contracting parties would there-
time when others focused on the
Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev
fore be the real powers that are functioning
sent a message expressing "pro-
If tt
events of the moment."
Former President Lyndon B.
found condolences." It said "the
It was dark yesterday. But this evening
and among the other states, at least the
one ao
Johnson issued a statement at
name of General de Gaulle is
there IS light. Frenchwomen, Frenchmen,
five world powers. But the possibility and,
kind
his Texas ranch saying, "One of
inseparable for all Soviet people
help me-Radio speech on June 27, 1958,
even more, the opening of such a vast and
cold W
the great world leaders of our
from the joint struggle of the
on return to power.
difficult negotiation would of course depend
and th
Soviet Union and France in the
on the decision and the commitment that
time has gone. Mrs. Johnson
dition
and I extend our deepest sym-
grim years of the Second World
America would have previously been will-
War."
Well, my dear old country, here we are
hand
pathy to his family and to the
ing to take to repatriate her forces in
people of France.
The message also praised de
together then, once again facing a heavy
reasonable and fixed time-Speech in
Former President Harry S.
Gaulle's "big contribution to
trial. By virtue of the mandate that the
Pnompenh, Cambodia, Sept. 1, 1966.
Inte
Truman sent a personal mes-
the cause of developing rela-
people gave me and of the national le-
France
sage of sympathy.
tions of friendship and cooper-
gitimacy that I have incarnated for 20 years,
Vive le Québec libre!-Cry to crowd in
formul
Pope Paul VI sent a telegram
ation between the U.S.S.R. and
I call upon all men and all women to sup-
Montreal, July 24, 1967.
of pro
to Mr. Pompidou, expressing
France."
port me, whatever happens.-Appeal broad-
would
cast during military uprising in Algiers on
From Memoirs
liticall
Jan. 29, 1960.
botton
General's Instructions
France comes from the depths of the
sary,
I'll tell you what will happen when
ages. She lives, the centuries call to her.
to acc
de Gaulle is gone. Well, I'll tell you this,
But she remains herself throughout time.
require
For a Simple Funeral
which may explain which way we Intend
unency
to move: what is to be feared, in my way
All my life. I have built a certain idea
have
of thinking, after the event about which
of France. Sentiment as well as reason in-
army
I'm talking, is not a political vacuum, it
spires it. The emotional side of me naturally
minabl
special to The New York Times
is rather an overflow.News conference,
imagines France as the princess of the fairy
wherea
PARIS, Nov. 10-Following is the text of a letter writ-
May 25, 1962.
tales or the Madonna of the frescoes, as
that
ten by Charles de Gaulle on Jan. 16, 1952, expressing his
though dedicated to a lofty and exceptional
moder
wishes for his funeral. Sealed copies were given to the
The new Republic has its President. It's
destiny. In short, in my view, France car.-
For
general's family and to President Pompidou, who was a
I. Here I am, such as I am. I don't say that
not be France without grandeur.
fore m
long-time aide of the general,
I'm perfect and that I'm not as old as I am.
been
I want my funeral to take
music or band or funeral call.
I don't at all claim to know everything nor
In France, it has always been through
of the
place at Colombey-les-Deux-
No speech may be deliv-
to be capable of everything. I know better
war that the Merovingians, the Carolingians,
self he
Eglises.
ered, either at the-church or
than anybody that I must have successors
the Capetians, the Bonapartes and the
no lon
If I die elsewhere, my body
elsewhere. No funeral ora-
and that the nation must choose them so
Third Republic received and lost supreme
Algeria
must be transported to my
tion in Parliament. No place
that they follow the same line. But history
authority. That which, in the depths of dis-
home without the least public reserved during the cere-
has conferred upon me, along with the
aster. was invested in me was recognized
p.3
morial at Notre Dame
Nixon Goes
To Services
Tomorrow
Continued From Page 1, Col. 7
In addition, Mr. Ziegler said
the President has invited Gen-
1
eral de Gaulle's grandson
Charles de Gaulle to accom-
pany him to Paris aboard Air
Force One. The grandson has
been in New York since last
week.
Earlier today, the White
House released the following
statement from the President:
"The passing of General de
Gaulle reminds us of the quali-
ties that make men and nations
1
great. His was the quality of
character that enables men to
surmount all obstacles, to call
up reserves of courage, to turn
adversity into triumph.
"His was the quality of vision
that could see the grand sweep
of history at a time when oth-
ers focused on the events of the
moment. He provided inspira-
tion to an age in danger of
being overwhelmed by the com-
monplace and, therefore, his
passing is a loss not only for
the French nation but for all
mankind."
Sends Letter in Addition
The President expressed many
of the same sentiments in a
letter to President Pompidou,
Capa from "Images of War," copyright 1964
in which he said he had been
surrendered the city to Allies
"shocked and grieved at the
passing" of a man whom he
described as a "steadfast ally in
With U.S.
war and a true friend in peace.
"Greatness," the President
continued in the letter, "knows
no national boundaries, and
for
system, he spoke for a few
therefore France's loss is the
moments in a way that sug-
loss of mankind."
ational
gested that he was getting just
Mr. Nixon's decision to at-
about,
bit beyond his depth. He con-
tend the memorial services
any
fessed rather disarmingly: "Of
forced him to curtail a "work-
United
course, you know, I am not a
ing vacation" here and post-
in
the
great expert on these things."
pone a luncheon for Luis Eche-
that
Nevertheless, he plunged
verría Alvarez, President-elect
the
ahead, speaking of gold as the
of Mexico, scheduled for Thurs-
of
a
world criterion for the balance
day. The luncheon has been re-
of payments between states
scheduled for Friday at the
long
White House.
and saying that a common
remain
value must be agreed upon.
Mr. Nixon met de Gaulle
there
Obviously, he added, its value
several times and their rela-
détente,
has to be increased.
tions were cordial, The warm-
to
keep
est meeting was on Feb. 28,
ermany.
Neutral Stance in Mideast
1969, when the two men had
détente,
Again discussing the Middle
a long, friendly talk during a
reason
East, he indicated that the
visit in Paris by Mr. Nixon. De
except
French considered themselves
Gaulle subsequently tóld his
the
neutral as between the Israelis
Cabinet that the visit had deep-
in
and the Arabs, in the sense that
ened their personal and politi-
irritate
they would support either side
cal relations.
if attacked by the other. "In
While Vice President, Mr.
N
1967 I told Israel not to attack,"
Nixon met de Gaulle and in his
eminded
he recalled. "I also told the same
book "Six Crises" recalls a
account
to the Arabs. We told both
talk in April, 1960, in which
Sta-
sides that we would hold either
de Gaulle "commented philo-
quoted
one responsible if it attacked
sophically on the fact that he
policy
the other."
was one of those rare individ-
A question about Nigeria and
uals who was seeing some of
desire
sistance
the Biafran civil war, then
his greatest days late in life."
going on, led to a discussion
Mr. Nixon while a private
Union."
citizen visited de Gaulle occa-
true,
he
of Canada.
"There is a French people
sionally in the sixties and dur-
ing that period de Gaulle was
danger,
there," he said. "They do not
quoted as predicting that Mr.
dan-
want to be anything else. There
Nixon was a "man with a great
have
an
is also an English people, and
future."
member
in the West there is a people
and
that is almost American.
Grandson Studying Here
Germany.
"They must make up their
ecome
a
own union on the basis of re-
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: REAGAN VIDEO
FEBRUARY 6, 1991
and
Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans. Most of all, my dear
friend and mentor who loved his country and served her well --
Lincoln
Ronald Reagan. /
From the life of Nations emerge great, even mythic, figures.
Mr
Churchill. / Sadat. / Dwight Eisenhower. / Margaret Thatcher.
/ All showed -- as was said of Charles DeGaulle -- that
"greatness knows no national boundaries. " Each changed the
course not only of their country but of history. //
So it was, and is, of the fortieth President of the United
States. Some men reflect their times. Mr. President, you helped
change your times. You were a visionary, a crusader, an
They'll
evangelist for good. Which is why I say: We 11 get you on Mt.
Rushmore yet. //
Today, Ronald Reagan is eighty years old -- yet as young as
the American spirit -- for America will never grow old. You
often spoke of America as a "shining city on a hill" -- and
helped make it so. Embodying what you described as the American
song: "Hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and
fair." //
Think of America. / You helped restore faith in our Nation
-- and in ourselves. / Think of the world. You knew that human
dignity forms the essence of democracy. So you spoke loudly, and
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eloquently, for freedom's values and ideals. // From Korea to
Normandy, you lit the "morning star of liberty." Mr. President,
you not only made ours a safer world in which to live. You made
ours a far better world in which to live. //
For that, Mr. President, future generations will revere you.
But if you'll forgive me, I would like to close on a personal
note. I have known many individuals in my career of public
service. I have never known a better friend, or inspiration. No
man could have been kinder -- no loyalty more abiding. No one
could have taught me more about the idea we call America. //
When your favorite President died in 1945, the New York
Times wrote, "Men will thank God on their knees, a hundred years
from now, that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House." It
will not take 100 years -- millions do so today -- for us to
thank God that you were a President who truly blessed America. //
You often talked of "winning one for the Gipper." Mr.
President -- my dear friend -- you helped win one for freedom
around the world. // God bless you and Mrs. Reagan. And God
bless these United States of America.
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January 14, 1991
MEMORANDUM
TO:
CHRISS WINSTON
CURT SMITH
FROM:
CAROLYN CAWLEY
RE:
REAGAN BIRTHDAY VIDEO REMARKS
p.1/para.2:
Curt, I can not find this quote about De Gaulle anywhere.
Did you have any luck over the weekend? If not, how about
substituting one of these Nixon quotes:
"
the quality of vision that could see the grand
sweep of history at a time when others focused on
the events of the moment. "
-- RN in a personal letter to Mrs. De Gaulle
and President Pompidou upon the death of
De Gaulle on November 11, 1970
-- this quote fits right in the context of
the paragraph as it now reads.
"Greatness knows no national boundaries
"
-- RN in a personal letter to President
Pompidou. November 11, 1970
p.2/para.2:
Re: NYT on FDR --
The quote should read:
"Men will thank God on their knees, a hundred
years from now, that Franklin D. Roosevelt
was in the White House. "
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Abroad in America:
Visitors to the New Nation
1776-1914
Edited and with an Introduction by
MARC PACHTER, Historian
National Portrait Gallery
Co-edited by
FRANCES STEVENSON WEIN, Editor
National Portrait Gallery
Published in association with the
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
by
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Reading, Massachusetts . Menlo Park, California . London
Amsterdam . Don Mills, Ontario . Sydney
Kossuth Attended by the Spirits of Freedom and History and the Guardian Genius of Hungary, with
his Own Good Angel Caimly Bearing him through Space to America, by an unidentified artist,
wood engraving, from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, December 27, 1851. The
Hungarian Reformed Federation of America.
In December 1851, Kossuth salled into the New York harbor A hero, Americans, feeling a kin-
ship with the Hungarians in their effort to win freedom and constitutional liberty, hoped to
see, in the words of Daniel Webster, an "American model at the Lower Danube."
The United States of America declared by this unparalleled act their
resolve to become the protectors of human rights
Others spoke, you
acted, and I was free! At this act of yours tyrants trembled, humanity
shouted with joy, the Magyar nation, crushed but not broken, raised its
head with resolution and with hope, and the brilliancy of your stars was
greeted by Europe's oppressed millions as the morning star of liberty.
Kossuth had his official welcome two days later when he was escorted
by a deputation of prominent New Yorkers aboard the steamer Vanderbilt,
amidst the saivos of the nearby forts and the cheers of the throngs on nearby
ships. Castle Garden was filled with thousands of people, waiting for the
procession which formed at the Battery. As the procession moved up Broad-
way, Kossuth, standing up in an open carriage, his feathered Hungarian
hat (soon very fashionable wear for many thousands of liberal Americans,
and called a "Kossuth hat") in his right hand, escorted by some of his Hun-
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40th PRESIDENT
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July 14-17, 1980, Joe
Nominated for Presi
Calif.
Nominated for Vic
BORN Feb. 6, 1911
YEARS MARRIED 9 years, 176 days
Walker Bush, Tex.
BIRTHPLACE Tampico, III.
DATE AND PLACE OF SECOND MARRIAGE Mar. 4, 1952, Los
Reagan was nomir
COLLEGE ATTENDED Eureka College, Eureka, Ill.
Angeles, Calif.
dates for nomination
DATE OF GRADUATION June 7, 1932, four-year course,
AGE AT SECOND MARRIAGE 41 years, 26 days
Ronald Wilson Reag:
B.A. degree (sociology and economics)
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RELIGION Episcopalian
STATE REPRESENTED California
George Herbert Wall
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Anne Legendre Arms
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man, state governor
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CONGRESSES 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th
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BORN July 13, 1883, Fulton, Ill.
MOTHER Nelle Clyde Wilson Reagan
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MARRIED 1904, Fulton, III.
BORN July 24, 1885, Fulton, III.
for nomination and
OCCUPATION Shoe salesman
DIED July 25, 1962, Santa Monica, Calif.
Jimmy Carter, Ga.,
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BYLINE: Kinsley, Michael
BODY:
It was hard to watch the Civil War series on PBS without thinking: Please,
let's not have a war in the Persian Gulf. When I read in The Washington Post
that local stores had been running out of blank videotape, I figured that Ken
Burns's justly hyped documentary had given Saddam Hussein a good three extra
months to come to his senses. I hope I'm right.
But there was a second reaction as well. The series would not have been as
gripping if it merely portrayed the war as a hell of slaughter. There was also a
sense of sharing in an epic drama, a sense that the actual participants on both
sides had as well. For most of those who survived-and most did survive-the Civil
War was the most important event in their lives. In fact, it was one of the main
things that gave their lives meaning. The TV series emphasizes this. Almost its
very first lines are a quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.: "We have shared
in the incommunicable experience of war. We have felt, we will feel, the passion
of life to its top
In our youths, our hearts were touched by fire."
This second reaction-almost of envy for those who lived through the Civil
War-also has implications for the current foreign policy debate. Do we, as a
nation, need great purposes in the world? Opposition to war in the Persian Gulf
has been monopolized by a newly resurgent right-wing isolationism of the
pre-world War II variety. Even before August 2, the innate American skepticism
of foreign entanglements" (George Washington) was being exploited by those who
oppose not merely bloodshed but any "extra-national ideal" such as promoting
democracy or ending hunger that "treats our Republic as a means to some larger
end" (Patrick Buchanan).
The death of communism gives these conservatives a chance to complete the
vision they are pleased to call "nationalism" but which is in fact a vision of a
passive nation, both domestically and internationally. It is the job of society,
through the government, to protect America from incoming missiles, to keep the
streets safe and free of potholes, and to enforce norms of sexual behavior and
expression. That's about it. They see nothing spiritually ennobling about larger
national goals.
The desire to lay down the weary burdens of the cold war, and resentment over
the refusal of wealthy allies to pull their own weight, are both legitimate. It
is typical of the Democrats to have fumbled the issue of "burden sharing," which
has been there for the taking for years. But the conservative isolationists
retreat too far.
Americans want to live in history. They want their lives to have meaning
beyond having lived, prospered amid family and friends, and died at a ripe
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age. To be sure, throughout history most people have gotten more history than
they wanted: wars and other plagues that denied them the comforts of normal
life. Part of America's blessing, emphasized by leaders since Washington, has
been a geographical exemption from most of this kind of history. The Civil War
is the great exception. But a hunger for history helps to explain our
fascination with the Civil War.
Francis Fukuyama has been rightly mocked for declaring last year that history
was over. But he was shrewd and correct to observe that without history, life
would be boring. And he was honest to note within himself "a powerful nostalgia"
for reasons to live "that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and
idealism." The PBS Civil War series sent conflicting messages: war is hell, but
struggling for a great cause (even the wrong cause) is grand.
One tremendously appealing thing about Israel, to Americans who visit there,
is that here is a country full of people very much like us-modern, middle class,
educated-who are nevertheless living in history. They don't have to waste time
pondering the purpose of life. They are inventing a nation. And they are
dramatically at risk every day, no matter how normal the day seems otherwise. We
American visitors are hypocrites, of course: we could trade places, but don't.
Still.
While today's Republicans seem to have no interest in anything between
bellicosity on the one hand and national passivity on the other, the challenge
and opportunity for Democrats is to find alternatives that satisfy both the
craving for peace and the craving for crusade. Yes, William James and Jimmy
Carter: the moral equivalent of war. This is what Democrats are sometimes
pleased to call a "basic human need." There are extreme libertarians who want to
privatize the potholes, who oppose national endeavor, foreign or domestic, as an
infringement on individual freedom, and who are deeply suspicious of any talk of
national purpose as potentially fascistic. But even they would find their lives
quite empty if the great campaign they are dedicating themselves to were
suddenly won.
Ronald Reagan did not mind treating our Republic as a means to some
larger end. He understood that Americans like to have a sense of national
purpose. Thus his endless references to America as "the last, best hope of
mankind" and "a shining city on a hill. $ But Reagan refused to call upon
Americans as individuals to do anything more than sit there and shine. George
Bush, by inaugurating our biggest "foreign entanglement" since Vietnam from his
golf cart at Kennebunkport, found the perfect expression of our hypocritical
desire to be in history and eat it too. Unfortunately, the adventure he started
probably can't be completed without interrupting the golf game.
There are missions for America in the world that don't require bloodshed.
There are ways to feed the hunger for national purpose that neither recklessly
ask for too much sacrifice nor fatuously ask for none at all. Democrats used to
be good at this sort of thing. The Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps are two
stellar examples.
The hunger for larger purpose is a refined appetite, arguably even a decadent
one. The people of Eastern Europe are thrilled to anticipate a time when they
can turn their backs on politics and enjoy the boredom and comfort of bourgeois
life. But at the ends of their lives they will still look back on the struggles
leading up to and following the year 1989, as Oliver Wendell Holmes looked
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back on the Civil War, as the great adventure of their lives. Will today's
Americans have anything like that to look back on? Maybe the Persian Gulf. But
let's hope we can find something better-more noble and less costly-than that.
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PLURIBUS UNUM
1985
(IN TWO BOOKS)
BOOK I-JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 28, 1985
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1988
Jan. 21 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1985
self-determination, for those inalienable
echoes of our past: a general falls to his
lidge's. [Laughter]
rights that make for human dignity and
knees in the hard snow of Valley Forge; a
other party at the
progress.
lonely President paces the darkened halls
and respected. I
America must remain freedom's staunch-
and ponders his struggle to preserve the
days.
est friend, for freedom is our best ally and it
Union; the men of the Alamo call out en-
His Inaugural
is the world's only hope to conquer poverty
couragement to each other; a settler pushes
gress represents tl
and preserve peace. Every blow we inflict
west and sings a song, and the song echoes
In all legislative al
against poverty will be a blow against its
out forever and fills the unknowing air.
collaborator with
dark allies of oppression and war. Every vic-
It is the American sound. It is hopeful,
all the criticism W
tory for human freedom will be a victory
big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and
do not hesitate to
for world peace.
fair. That's our heritage, that's our song. We
independent and
sing it still. For all our problems, our differ-
in the world. It is
So, we go forward today, a nation still
ences, we are together as of old. We raise
mighty in its youth and powerful in its pur-
its prerogatives. I
our voices to the God who is the Author of
pose. With our alliances strengthened, with
and expect to sh
this most tender music. And may He con-
our economy leading the world to a new
responsibility bu
tinue to hold us close as we fill the world
common effort to
age of economic expansion, we look to a
with our sound-in unity, affection, and
tion." Calvin Cool
future rich in possibilities. And all of this is
love-one people under God, dedicated to
Well, I hope 1
because we worked and acted together, not
the dream of freedom that He has placed in
that same spirit.
as members of political parties but as Amer-
the human heart, called upon now to pass
desk in the offic
icans.
that dream on to a waiting and hopeful
believe, and that
My friends, we live in a world that's lit by
world.
a man can accon
lightning. So much is changing and will
God bless you, and God bless America.
he can do and
change, but so much endures and tran-
doesn't care who
scends time.
Note: The President spoke at 11:49 a.m. in
So, I hope in
History is a ribbon, always unfurling. His-
the Rotunda of the Capitol. Prior to his
come that we ca
tory is a journey. And as we continue our
address, the President repeated the oath of
challenges of our
journey, we think of those who traveled
office, again administered by Chief Justice
much we can acc
before us. We stand again at the steps of
Warren E. Burger, which he had taken on
good will and COO
this symbol of our democracy-well, we
January 20. The Inaugural ceremony was
We're very gra
would have been standing at the steps if it
originally scheduled to take place on the
And may I offer
hadn't gotten so cold. [Laughter] Now
West Portico of the Capitol, but was held
the Members of 1
we're standing inside this symbol of our de-
inside due to the extremely cold weather in
who are here wit
mocracy, and we see and hear again the
Washington.
President this CO
Bush, and to the
Thank you ver
Senator Mathi
Remarks at the Inaugural Luncheon at the Capitol
publican leader (
tives, Bob Michel
January 21, 1985
Representative
Mr. President
The President. I'm not trying to play
system work.
Speaker, and Mr
Dean Martin. [Laughter]
In the shifting alliances of a free govern-
and ladies and go
Senator Mathias, honorable Members of
ment, we in this room have been intense
Four years a
the House, and distinguished guests, and
allies on some issues, while disagreeing on
President one of
Members of the Senate, of course.
others. But I think the level of respect and
used in opening
This has been an historic day, and it's not
courtesy with which we've treated each
lots that came in
over yet. Together, we mark the end of one
other speaks well for us and confirms the
We'd like to
term and the beginning of another. And I
viability of this great democratic system
addition to give
want each of you to know how grateful I
which is now in our care.
am for all that you've done-all the energy
There's been quite a few Inaugurations in
and personal commitment that you have
my lifetime. I missed Abe Lincoln's but-
mustered in these last 4 years to make our
[laughter]-I do remember Calvin Coo-
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S TIMES
would not be matched until John Kennedy was shot down in Dallas
the first five years of the
eighteen years later. Even the formal tributes, those strait-jacketed
le responsibility for abol-
sentiments that come from the lips of the mighty at such times, were
middle-class whites like
unguarded. Robert Taft meant every word when he described FDR
his life, at one point even
as "the greatest figure of our time." The New York Times spoke for
Robinson accepted into
millions of Americans when it predicted, "Men will thank God on
their knees, a hundred years from now, that Franklin D. Roosevelt
tlawed discrimination in
was in the White House."
ilar law was passed ban-
Dewey could not go that far. He did wire condolences to the
ng and accommodations.
widow, and wrote out a note of sympathetic support to the new chief
ation over headlines, and
executive. He pledged his loyalty and help "in every action you may
postwar America, whose
take in the interest of the winning of the war and the establishment
heir rightful claim to a
of a sound and permanent peace." Truman replied warmly, admit-
like so much of what Re-
ting that his new job was "a terrific responsibility" and transmitting
replica of the New Deal,
through his appointments secretary assurances that the presidential
om Dewey and his fellow
latchstring would always be out. Truman expressed a desire to be-
st Fabian preoccupation
come better acquainted, and Dewey replied that he would be
at would unlock a better
"happy indeed" to see the President and discuss anything "affecting
the welfare of our society." He signed his letter "with expressions of
heart beats more strongly
high esteem and kindest personal regards.
als, Dewey occasionally
On April 14, Dewey sat in the East Room of the White House,
impse of fire within. He
near Anthony Eden, Chief Justice Hughes, and Mrs. Woodrow Wil-
vention in the fall of 1945
son, while the dead President was eulogized in a simple Episcopal
gro singer from the stage
service.
eparted from his text, in
Dewey's thoughts were less reflective than anticipatory. From
lful choir he'd just heard.
Chicago, his cousin Leonard Reid wrote of meeting Vice President
tional tour. "Most of all I
Truman at a St. Patrick's Day celebration there, and being im-
ewey explained. "A great
pressed by the modest, straightforward man from Missouri, whom
merican Revolution was
some Republicans were already likening to Calvin Coolidge. Some
I men are created equal."
87 percent of the American people approved of their new leader, ac-
cording to George Gallup. Jim Farley was one. "Truman has his feet
Governor's thirty-day pe-
on the ground," the old pro wrote five days after the succession,
ent it whittling down the
"and I feel sure he will be all right. Of course, he has some terrific
legislature. He approved
problems facing him. "While it may be bad news for the Repub-
to accompany pay raises
lican party," Dewey said of Truman's apparent success, "it will be
Capitol Hill observers as
wonderful for the country, and that is what we are all interested in."
or a second term. He was
Farley underestimated the extent of the difficulties that peace
'clock that evening when
would bring. Only the most gifted of seers could have foreseen the
fice clacked to life with a
start of the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Russia, as the
touncing the death of the
Soviets broke most of their pledges made at Yalta, airily dismissed
on amplified as network
the idea of free elections in their new satellites, and went about the
stain Midnight to carry de-
business of fornenting unrest and political instability inside the
to a convulsive grief that