Ronald Reagan actually said...

They ensure that the public-spiritedness of our people is harnessed to its full extent.

Remarks at a White House Briefing for the United States Delegation to the International Conference on Private Sector...

11/05/1986

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Good education does not begin in some faraway bureaucracy.

We can't create [values] with more Federal spending.

Education has been the key that opened the golden door of opportunity.

True excellence in education will require much greater emphasis on the basics.