Ronald Reagan

A senior Democratic senator came to the Oval Office to protest the president's position on lowering tariffs, which he believed would cause unemployment in his state, as jobs would be lost to foreign manufacturers. Reagan sighed and expressed his appreciation of the senators's concerns, but he remained firm to the cause of freer trade and the resulting ecomomic growth. The distraught senator left, saying, "I'm going out of here and doing some praying." Reagan replied, "Well, if you get a busy signal, it's me there ahead of you."
(ref: James C. Humes)