Ronald Reagan actually said...

The strength of our national defense must be restored so that we can pursue prosperity in peace and freedom.

Message to the Congress Transmitting the Fiscal Year 1985 Budget

01/31/1984

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

I'd like to note the high level of respect and affection that is apparent in our meetings today.

Belgium is one of our oldest, closest, and most valuable allies.

I do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 20, 1985, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day.

Yet his portrait shows, despite all those years of exercising power, John Stennis has remained what he was at the outset—a man of gentleness...