Ronald Reagan actually said...

"That, ladies and gentlemen, is why I invited you here today—to forge with me a new kind of cooperation between government and the private sector, between profit and nonprofit organizations."

"The proposed cuts in the bipartisan plan, in Medicare, are almost entirely aimed at limitations on the providers of health care, not a reduction of services for the beneficiaries."

"I want to tell them that the United States is not just talking about reducing deficits, we're doing something about them."

"I think the objective still is to bring this to a point where it can be resolved peacefully and without any further loss of life."