Ronald Reagan actually said...

Security must go hand in hand with political effort to enable all of us to live more sensibly together.

You believed in NATO when it counted, and that spirit has been contagious.

Your stewardship of the alliance has continued a life's work in support of human decency and the ideal of freedom.

I urge the people of the United States and educational, philanthropic, scientific, medical, and health care organizations to observe this we...