Quotes

Reagan on America

“America still has so much to celebrate on this day -- unity and affection, prosperity and freedom.”

July 4, 1984

“America still has so much to celebrate on this day -- unity and affection, prosperity and freedom. Today, on July 4, 1984, there will be fireworks to commemorate that moment when Francis Scott Key saw through the glare of the rockets that our flag was still there. Somewhere a chorus will sing the old songs of love and affection for our country. Somewhere a family will gather and salute the flag. Somewhere a veteran will be told, 'Thanks for what you did.' And in a courthouse somewhere, some of the newest Americans, the most recent immigrants to our country, will take the oath of citizenship.”

— Address to the Nation on the Observance of Independence Day