Ronald Reagan actually said...

We have to have it, because between the aging B-52 and the bomber we are developing, the newer bomber, there is too long a time gap in there.

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Announcement of the United States Strategic Weapons Program

10/01/1981

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

The people of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and all the other captive nations look to the United States.

The Soviet occupation of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania is a living reminder of the cynical agreement between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany...

I'm grateful for the good will expressed by Prime Minister Hawke today, and I welcome his wise counsel.

Ours is an alliance of trust and friendship.