Quotes

Reagan on National Security

“The highest priority of any American Government is preservation of the national security.”

October 5, 1985

“hile spending control is vital to the economic well-being of this nation, the highest priority of any American Government is preservation of the national security. The maintenance of a national defense second to none, indeed, the only legitimate justification for running a large annual deficit -- as we ran every year of World War II -- is preservation of the Nation, itself.”

— Radio Address to the Nation on the Budget Deficit and the Middle East