Ronald Reagan: “For all time, they are what we can only aspire to be: giving…”

On the recordNovember 10, 1988

For all time, they are what we can only aspire to be: giving, unselfish, the epitome of human love—to lay down one's life so that others might live.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.

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