Ronald Reagan actually said...

Well, someone else would buy the oil and finance his activities, and so we wouldn't be gaining anything there.

Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Middle East Issues

10/11/1981

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

We don't want the Philippines to descend into civil strife.

Terrorism is still present.

That movement has been halted, at least for a while.

I am especially proud that in 1984 we had the safest Christmas holiday season since the late 1940's.