Ronald Reagan: “I think things like this make me understand what Abe Lincoln was…”

On the recordMay 12, 1984

I think things like this make me understand what Abe Lincoln was feeling when he said, 'All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother.'

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Republican · California

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Remarks During a Visit to the Jeanne Jugan Residence on Mother's Day

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