Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I am saddened and disappointed that the Senate has bowed today to a campaign of political pressure and has turned down the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court."

"This is the kind of jurist the American people want on the Supreme Court."

"My next nominee for the Court will share Judge Bork's belief in judicial restraint: that a judge is bound by the Constitution to interpret laws, not make them."

"The highest Court in our land will not enjoy the services of one of the finest men ever put forward for a place on its bench."