Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I call upon the people of the United States to reaffirm their belief and hope that the citizens of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia and of all nations will one day achieve through peaceful means the goa..."

"The United States has never, over the intervening forty-one years, recognized the forcible incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union."

"German-American friendship is truly one of the lasting foundations of Western cooperation and peace and freedom in the world."

"Diplomacy is important, but friendship leaves an even more lasting impression."