Ronald Reagan actually said...

"That's why we must fill this hall with song and dance and comedy and above all with the most triumphant sound known to man—the sound of joyous applause."

"Ford's is a theatre set apart."

"It's a hodgepodge of special favors, a product of the great Washington taffy-pull: the favor-seeking and influence peddling."

"A shortage of votes, he replied."