Ronald Reagan actually said...

It's quite simply necessary and indispensable to the execution of our foreign policy.

Remarks and an Informal Exchange With Reporters on the United States Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

06/02/1986

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I have said that apartheid is abhorrent.

Donald R. Fortier will serve as the Principal Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

If the people know all the facts, the people will never make a mistake.

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, do hereby proclaim December 10, 1985, as Human Rights Day.