Quotes

Reagan on Defense policy, Peace, and National Security

“All we can do is make sure that technology becomes the ally and protector of peace, that we build better shields rather than sharper and more deadly swords.”

March 14, 1988

“All we can do is make sure that technology becomes the ally and protector of peace, that we build better shields rather than sharper and more deadly swords. In so doing, maybe we can help to bring an end to the brutal legacy of modern warfare. We can stop the madness from continuing into the next century. We can create a better, more secure, more moral world, where peace goes hand in hand with freedom from fear -- forever.”

— Remarks to the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis at a Conference on the Strategic Defense Initiative