Ronald Reagan actually said...

"Nine times we have tried to persuade the Sandinista government to enter into negotiations and nine times we've gotten nowhere."

"Yes, and I think that we have enough knowledge of their actions to know that they're there for that purpose—for other purposes and for espionage, not for the doings of the United Nations."

"The only proposal of that kind that I had heard was one that involved a long period of time and, then, was not a sure thing."

"I believe that the image of the great colossus of the North is too fresh in the peoples' minds in Latin America for us to even think about sending troops of that kind."