Ronald Reagan actually said...

The missile is the thing that the average person can foresee, whether accidentally or not, someone pushes a button and 30 minutes later a city blows up in our country or, if it's the other way, in theirs.

Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session in Los Angeles at a Meeting With Editors and Broadcasters From Western States

06/30/1982

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