“That giant banner was not created by a timid nation, but by a bold one. Not a stitch was sewn in confusion or doubt. We understand that those Stars and Stripes stand for freedom and the forces of good. We apologize to none for our ideals or our principles, nor the prosperity that we’ve made for ourselves and shared with the world. Let this grand flag forever be a symbol of the potential before us. That free men and women can soar as high as their dreams and energy and ambitions will take them.”
Ronald Reagan
June 14, 1983