Ronald Reagan actually said...

They should not be treated as ciphers on a statistician's chart.

Remarks on Signing Executive Order 12360, Establishing the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime

04/22/1982

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

An unforeseen emergency exists which requires immediate military assistance to the Philippines.

No one on our side has blinked, and I didn't blink.

U.S. support for the democratic process has been and continues to be the foundation of our Philippine policy.

And to those who are pushing drugs, we say: Beware.