Ronald Reagan actually said...

"They know, Americans know, that however they may fear us over there, they may think that we're the other—you know that we don't have any aggressive intentions of suddenly going after them with a weapo..."

"Come deployment time if the research yields such a weapon, come deployment, then you sit down."

"I urge each member of Congress to approve the Peacekeeper and join me in a bipartisan and united effort in Geneva."

"It seems to me that this, if it developed, could be an aid in bringing that about."