Ronald Reagan actually said...

"We have begun to turn back what our education commission 5 years ago called 'a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people.'"

"Parents are, after all, our first and most important teachers."

"We Americans have both pledged and practiced loyalty from the moment the first patriots conceived the idea of a new and independent Nation where only freedom would reign."

"H.R. 5 is a solid achievement, one that deserves to be signed."