Ronald Reagan Quotes
Honey, I forgot to duck.
Context
Statement to his wife Nancy after being shot by John R. Hinckley Jr. Reagan is borrowing the boxer Jack Dempsey's line to his wife from the night on which he was beaten by Gene Tunney.
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Kerry was then a returning Vietnam war hero berating the Senators about the Vietnam War.
The same line was used by President Ronald Reagan when he was shot in 1981.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.