Ronald Reagan actually said...

"My predecessor had called attention to this and had proposed a 5-year expansion of the defense budget."

"Today the United States has substantially reestablished the strength and self-confidence it needs to perform its role as the leader of the free world."

"The Packard commission report urges the Congress to make a number of improvements in the way it deals with defense."

"Enactment of S. 186 would not be in accord with the program of the President."