Ronald Reagan actually said...

Today we should all be grateful to citizens like Andrew Mellon who left, as did the Founding Fathers, a legacy like that of Athens which will speak to mankind for a thousand years.

Context

Remarks at a Tribute to Andrew W. Mellon at the National Gallery of Art

01/26/1983

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