Ronald Reagan actually said...

This centennial offers an opportunity to honor one of the great First Ladies of this country whose contributions to humanity were not limited to her stay in the White House but continued thereafter on a worldwide basis.

Context

Statement on Signing a Bill To Commemorate the Centennial of the Birth of Eleanor Roosevelt

11/20/1983

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