Ronald Reagan actually said...

The United States would consider an attack on its NATO allies as an attack on itself.

Informal Exchange With Representatives of Le Figaro, Together With Written Responses to Questions Submitted by the Newspaper

12/21/1983

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The prospects for such a future... seem brighter than they have been in many years.

I have often said that the tide of the future is a freedom tide.

A foreign policy that ignored the fate of millions around the world who seek freedom would be a betrayal of our national heritage.

Well, it's frustrating at times that information like what we have just heard today does not seem to be percolating through to the public.