Ronald Reagan actually said...

The people of Afghanistan have, as much as any people in history, won the right to freedom and independence.

Statement on the Eighth Anniversary of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

12/26/1987

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

The Committee scores its action as being $4.0 billion below the Administration's request.

No one on our side has blinked, and I didn't blink.

Clearly, the real threat to Philippine democracy is the threat posed by the Communist insurgency.

There is reason for optimism and hope.