Ronald Reagan actually said...

I speak for all Americans and for the people everywhere who cherish civilized values in protesting the Soviet attack on an unarmed civilian passenger plane.

Context

Statement on the Soviet Attack on a Korean Civilian Airliner

08/31/1983

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