Blake Moore: “I think it is truly unfortunate that it takes a time of crisis or tragedy to bring our Nation together. This week, for…”

“I think it is truly unfortunate that it takes a time of crisis or tragedy to bring our Nation together. This week, for example, we have seen and heard from Members of both sides of the aisle a tribute to a great President, Ronald Reagan. He was a humble man; he was a gracious man and kind. We may have had differences of opinion on policy, but I think we all concede he was a good, good, decent man. I never presume to speak for my friends on the other side of the aisle, but I think all of us would agree that we have the greatest Nation in the whole world, and one of the things that makes us so great as a Nation are the personal liberties and individual freedoms that we all share here in this country. The Bill of Rights of our Constitution gives us more economic and personal freedoms than people almost anywhere in the world, and we are a better Nation for that. And I think that is something Ronald Reagan would say if he were here right now. We should try harder to disagree without being disagreeable. We should always treat each other with respect. And we should understand that we are all Americans and we are all in this together.”