Ronald Reagan actually said...

I don't—this thing that I'm just going to say to you might sound now as if I'm being militant or something, and I'm not.

Remarks on Private Sector Initiatives at a White House Briefing for National Service Organization Leaders

04/26/1982

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

Success would depend upon personal initiative and merit.

Trusting in God and helping each other, we can and will preserve the dream of America, the last best hope of man on Earth.

We're determined to build an agenda for opportunity on three pillars: excellence, equality, and growth—economic growth.

The explicit promise in the Declaration that we're endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights was meant for all of us.