Looking for something else, I found this.
I believe in the politics […] that teaches us all we owe to those who came before us and those who will come after. That each of us has drunk from wells we did not dig; that each of us has been warmed by fires we did not build.
So I was looking for the origin of the quote
I’m sure it was said, in a heartfelt way, at RNC HQ and the White House last night.