Ronald Reagan actually said...

"Jimmy Cagney was the classic American success story, lifting himself by determination and hard work out of poverty to national acclaim."

"We will miss Jimmy, but we know he has found eternal rest and peace in God's arms."

"I believe the entire Nation loved Jimmy Cagney, and I think he must have loved us, too, because he always gave us his very best."

"Jimmy burst upon our movie screen with an energy and a talent we have never seen before and we will never see again."