My all time favorite Reagan quote, and one of my all time favorite political quotes (in response to a reporter's question, as you say above):
"Why did you fire the air traffic controllers?"
"It's against the law to strike, and they struck. Looks like they quit to me."
LOL!!!
That was a good one wasn’t it. He drove the left crazy with that move. Remembering he was the President of the Screen Actor’s Guild, it’s rather interesting that he saw that one so clearly.