Ronald Reagan actually said...

Please know how proud all of us are of what you've done.

Remarks by Telephone to Crewmembers on Board the Space Shuttle Discovery

11/14/1984

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Columbus Day is an American holiday.

You'll do it till you get it right.

Columbus was the inventor of the American dream.

Today, nearly 500 years after his epochal discoveries, Columbus remains for us a giant of exploration and of the human spirit.