Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I wasn't giving them to the Ayatollah Khomeini."

"I weighed their views."

"We have no choice about the nature of the conflict, only about whether or not we recognize its nature."

"The ultimate determinant in the struggle that is now going on in this world will not be bombs and rockets, but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs ..."