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It Was Said

Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address

It Was Said

Audacy Podcasts | The HISTORY Channel

History, Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Ep 5: Ronald Reagan brings his long American odyssey to a close in his presidential farewell address, an evocation of America as a shining city on a hill. A nation that builds not walls but bridges. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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At 9 p.m. Eastern Time on the Winter Wednesday of January 11, 1989, Ronald Reagan, less than

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a month shy of his 78th birthday, sat down to deliver his 34th and final oval office

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speech to the American people.

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A farewell address.

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I fed all Americans.

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This is the 34th time I'll speak to you from the oval office and the last.

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We've been together eight years now and soon it'll be time for me to go.

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But before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts, some of which I've been saving for a long

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time.

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At the time, the speech was noted for its characteristic eloquence.

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Reagan had, after all, catapulted to political fame a quarter century before in 1964, with

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a television address on behalf of Republican nominee Barry Goldwater, known ever after

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in conservative circles as simply the speech.

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