Ronald Reagan actually said...

I know that in that great distance there's probably a reason why he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Informal Exchange With Reporters on Foreign and Domestic Issues

12/20/1984

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

America is still a symbol to a few, a symbol that is feared and hated, but to more, many millions more, a symbol that is loved.

Freedom itself is the issue—our own and the entire world's.

And that light of high resolve, those golden hopes, are now ours to preserve and protect.

When their patriotism and their anger are triggered, there are no limits to their national valor nor their consuming passion to protect this...