Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them the words for which Matthew Ridgway listened: “I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.”
Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their value [valor], and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died.
– Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984
Reagan really embodied the spirit of the ultimate sacrifice for freedom our veterans gave.