Ronald Reagan actually said...

The only defense that we have are two sides sitting here with increasing numbers of these weapons saying that our defense is that if you blow our people up, we'll blow your people up.

Context

Interview With Morton Kondracke and Richard H. Smith of Newsweek Magazine

03/03/1985

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