Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I believe we've chosen a path that leads to an America at work, to fiscal sanity, to lower taxes, and less inflation."

"The political status of free association is distinguishable both from independence and from an extension of United States sovereignty; under it, plenary defense rights and responsibilities would remai..."

"Our heritage of individual liberty is dependent on the rule of law."

"It also endorsed a new political status in which the three Micronesian Governments would enter into relationships of free association with the United States."