Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I hope it is something that we can continue in the years ahead."

"I think a certain faith was restored for a lot of people in our institutions of government."

"Pope John Paul II, a man of peace and goodness—an inspiration to the world—has been struck today by a would-be assassin's bullet."

"The people of the United States... join millions throughout the world in fervent prayer for his full and rapid recovery."