Ronald Reagan actually said...

Quotas deny jobs to many who would have gotten them otherwise, but who weren't born a specified race or sex.

Radio Address to the Nation on Civil Rights

06/14/1985

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The sky's the limit.

I don't suppose you'd like to win one for the Gipper?

I will never hold still for, as I say, pulling the rug out from those people that are dependent on that program.

Thus, I have signed the bill.