Ronald Reagan actually said...

"By our actions, we expect to put powerful doubts in the minds of the Soviet and Polish leaders about this continued repression."

"I am gratified that the bill represents the combined efforts of the coal industry, the insurance industry, and organized labor, especially the United Mine Workers, in working with the administration t..."

"The whole purpose of our actions is to speak for those who have been silenced and to help those who've been rendered helpless."

"I cannot support this effort to confer special relief in the guise of general legislation at a possible loss to the Treasury of $1.6 million."