Ronald Reagan actually said...

Your country's very existence as a free and independent nation proves what patient, persistent negotiations with the Soviets can produce.

Remarks of President Reagan and President Rudolf Kirchschlager of Austria at the State Dinner

02/27/1984

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Let it never be said that ours was the first generation of Americans to falter.

And the only thing I want to ask of them is: Are you sure the other fellows went home?

John Kennedy knew this 20 years ago when he proposed a tax cut based on the same principle.

I'll say single digit.