Ronald Reagan actually said...

I do not view wilderness designation as incompatible with any of these rights.

Statement on Signing a Bill Concerning the Cumberland Island Wilderness Area and Crater Lake National Park

09/08/1982

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I will not accept the excuse that the Federal Government has grown . . . beyond the control of any President, Administration or Congress.

I've had the honor of nominating Judge Kennedy to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

I am proud to report on the continued success of my Administration's efforts to better manage the Federal Government.

The current expansion, now in its sixtythird month, has outlasted all previous peacetime expansions in U.S. history.