Ronald Reagan actually said...

For many years, U.S. strategic forces have helped protect our Nation and the Free World by providing a capable and effective deterrent.

Letter to Members of Congress on Deployment of the MX Missile

11/21/1982

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Once again our young men and women are proud to wear the uniform of their country—Flight Lieutenant George Bush sure was.

Who can doubt that the cause for which our men fought was just?

We think on their lives.

Even if they were not our own, we could not forget them.