Ronald Reagan actually said...

The Commission has found that the United States must have a credible retaliatory capability to deter attack.

Message to the Congress Transmitting the Final Report of the Chemical Warfare Review Commission

06/12/1985

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Abe Lincoln said we must disenthrall ourselves with the past—and then we will save our country.

The State I remember back in those days had some of the same economic problems that confront the Federal Government.

A strong America will continue to push back frontiers of science and space.

The American people don't want his tax increases, and they're not going to get his tax increases.