Ronald Reagan: “Fatherhood is an arm around the shoulders of a child crying because a…”

On the recordApril 21, 1986

Fatherhood is an arm around the shoulders of a child crying because a balloon is lost.

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Republican · California

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Proclamation 5467—Father's Day, 1986

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Ronald Reagan: “Fatherhood is an arm around the shoulders of a child crying because a balloon is lost.”