Ronald Reagan actually said...

I think the recovery has begun—and I have to put it that way.

Interview With Jerry Boyd of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues

01/31/1983

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

We are going to follow every lead, root out every incompetent, and prosecute any crook we find who's cheating the people of this Nation.

We will not tolerate fraud, waste, and abuse of the taxpayers' dollars.

I want it made clear that today this administration is providing that assurance to every potential whistle-blower in the Federal Government.

It is time to put a halt to this waste and wrongdoing.