Ronald Reagan actually said...

I don't exactly take a Soviet general's word as being authoritative on anything.

Remarks Announcing the Appointment of Robert C. McFarlane as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

10/16/1983

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This has always been the American ideal.

One can only accept it with a heartfelt sense of humility; and I do so in that spirit.