Ronald Reagan actually said...

If we do not make common cause to save the good old ship of the Union on this voyage, nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

Radio Address to the Nation on the Fiscal Year 1984 Budget

02/11/1983

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So while it's good to talk about serious things, it's just as important and just as American to have some fun.

I don't think that would be appropriate to impose on him.

Well, then he's just misinformed.

Indeed, some centuries ago one writer of proverbs described as 'wonderful the way of a ship in the midst of a sea.'