Ronald Reagan actually said...

I never went to bed every night with great confidence that I could work my will with Congress.

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Production of the MX Missile

12/09/1982

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I am today designating Caspar Weinberger and Drew Lewis to the National Economic Commission.

We must resist efforts to push the Nation into protectionism.

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I would not take lightly the prospect of a resurgence of inflation.