About 1983, or 1985, depending upon what website you're viewing, President Reagan is credited w/the quote...
"Some people wonder if they've ever made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem" (words to that effect)
Sure, RR said it, perhaps on more than one occasion, but he was not the original author of that "quote"--this saying was extant long before RR came upon the scene.
I have been searching for the original author for some time now to no avail.
The RR Library cannot even tell me when RR said it; and Peggy Noonan--RR's speechwriter doesn't remember this.
Would appreciate any further information available/or that becomes available on this.
My thanx!
Dick Gaines
Ref my site...
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/marinesquote.html
"Some people wonder if they've ever made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem" (words to that effect)
Sure, RR said it, perhaps on more than one occasion, but he was not the original author of that "quote"--this saying was extant long before RR came upon the scene.
I have been searching for the original author for some time now to no avail.
The RR Library cannot even tell me when RR said it; and Peggy Noonan--RR's speechwriter doesn't remember this.
Would appreciate any further information available/or that becomes available on this.
My thanx!
Dick Gaines
Ref my site...
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/marinesquote.html