During his years of public service, Ronald Reagan earned the nickname "The Great Communicator" for his easy-going and natural style of speaking and his uncanny ability to connect with audiences. On January 11, 1989, in his Farewell Address to the Nation as his second term was coming to an end, Reagan said, "... and in all that time I won a nickname -- The Great Communicator. But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference. It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things. And they didn't spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation -- from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in principles that have guided us for two centuries. They called it the Reagan revolution. Well, I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery -- a rediscovery of our values and our common sense."