Ronald Reagan actually said...

Yes, and there have been giant budgets for 21 of the last 22 years that I didn't have anything to do with.

Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Situation in the Middle East

07/17/1982

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Those who know freedom remember today those who gave up life for freedom.

Even if they were not our own, we could not forget them.

We see these men and know them once again—and know how much we owe them, how much they have given us, and how much we can never fully repay.

We think on their lives.