Ronald Reagan actually said...

If we do this, then his sacrifice will not have been in vain, and we will have helped to make our country the special place we all know in our hearts that it was meant to be.

Context

Radio Address to the Nation on the Anniversary of the Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/14/1983

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