Ronald Reagan actually said...

He believed they were dependable and right-minded and he believed that a leader's responsibility is to bring out their best qualities.

Remarks at a Mount Vernon, Virginia, Ceremony Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington

02/21/1982

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

I think we tried to make it too easy for you.

I am unalterably opposed [to a nationalized school system].

I think the truth is that I gave in really thinking that it wouldn't go any farther than the election, and then I'd be free again.

The results are showing now, unfortunately.