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Ronald Reagan: The missile is the thing that the average person can foresee, whether accidentally or not, someone pushes a button and…

On the recordJune 30, 1982
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.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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

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