Ronald Reagan actually said...

"He warned against 'unbridled national power with a resultant loss of individual freedom and local autonomy.'"

"John Ashbrook knew that the first duty of public life is to responsibly speak the truth—even if the moment's fashion is against that truth."

"It was never quite possible to say of John Ashbrook that he was typical—even though he was very much one of a breed of Midwestern Congressmen."

"We mourn John Ashbrook's loss to this movement and to his country."