Ronald Reagan actually said...

They said that there has been in that bad ear just very slight deterioration, just about the same as it was last year. Just keeping tabs.

Informal Exchange With Reporters in Los Angeles, California

08/21/1983

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

So much is at stake.

This failure to support the freedom fighters has had costly and sad consequences.

Getting the cause of peace and freedom back on track—not recrimination—must now be our goal.

The only way we can 'give peace a chance' is to give you the truth.