Ronald Reagan: “Most of us talk about kindness and compassion, but Mother Teresa, the…”

On the recordJune 19, 1985

Most of us talk about kindness and compassion, but Mother Teresa, the saint of the gutters, lives it.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mother Teresa

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Ronald Reagan: “Most of us talk about kindness and compassion, but Mother Teresa, the saint of the gutters, lives it.”