Ronald Reagan actually said...

You have responded with a grace and straightforwardness that have won you countless admirers across the Nation.

Letter Accepting the Resignation of Anne M. Burford as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

03/08/1983

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

There must be no such thing as retreat.

True patriotism is a love of country, but it must be an intelligent love and not blind devotion to one's nation without regard to its ideals...

Let us as a nation join together before God, aware of the trials that lie ahead and of the need for divine guidance.

I think that's perfectly, naturally normal.