Quotes

Reagan on National Security, Foreign Policy, and Heroism

“You've never gone into a war because you were too strong; you go into them when the other fellow thinks you aren't strong.”

August 23, 1982

“I just thought you'd like to know about the attitude of those who are guarding our shores, because they are the real freedom fighters. It is by doing their job and doing it right that they can be a deterrent to war. And our goal is peace. And you've never gone into a war because you were too strong; you go into them when the other fellow thinks you aren't strong. And we're going to continue.”

— Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner in Los Angeles, California, for United States Senate Candidate Pete Wilson