US Presidency
1981

The warmth of your words, the expression of friendship and, yes, love, meant more to us than you can ever know. You have given us a memory that we'll treasure forever. And you've provided an answer to those few voices that were raised saying that what happened was evidence that ours is a sick society. The society we heard from is made up of millions of compassionate Americans and their children, from college age to kindergarten. As a matter of fact, as evidence of that I have a letter with me. The letter came from Peter Sweeney. He's in the second grade in the Riverside School in Rockville Centre, and he said, I hope you get well quick or you might have to make a speech in your pajamas. He added a postscript. P.S. If you have to make a speech in your pajamas, I warned you. Well, sick societies don't produce men like the two who recently returned from outer space.