Quotes

Reagan on Foreign Policy, National Security, and Diplomacy

“History teaches us that weakness only tempts aggression.”

February 24, 1983

“History teaches us that weakness only tempts aggression. So, we're rebuilding and modernizing our defenses. We in the free world share a joint responsibility, for this generation and for generations to come, to assure an effective deterrent and genuine arms control on an equal, verifiable basis.”

— Remarks via Satellite to Newsweek Magazine Employees and Press on the 50th Anniversary of the Magazine