Ronald Reagan – “Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone…”

“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.”

“The very man who has argued you down…”

“The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said”