For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 6, 2001
Tribute to Former President Ronald Reagan by the President as Recorded for CNN's Larry King Live
Laura and I have now spent two weeks in the
house where you lived for eight years. Everywhere we look,
we find reminders of the great men and women who lived here, and the
achievements they left behind.
Your achievements, Mr. President, are clear to
all Americans. They are found in the spirit of our nation
and the peace of the world.
You came here at a time when our country
needed confidence. You told us we could be strong again, at
home and abroad. And when you left, we were.
You came to the White House when the Cold War
was real. You told us, even when few believed it, that the
evil empire would pass and that freedom would prevail. And
your resolve made it happen.
In your time here, you never tried to seize
credit -- one of the traits we?ve always admired most about
you. But tonight, on your ninetieth birthday, America knows
where the credit belongs. America knows you came here twenty
years ago and changed the world. America knows the good
heart that always guided you -- the unbending principles that always
defined you
... the kindness and courage and inner grace that makes you the man you
are.
For all of that, your country thanks you, Mr.
President. Your country honors you. And your
country loves you.
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