Ronald Reagan: “Nations don't mistrust each other because they're armed; they're armed…”

On the recordOctober 3, 1986

Nations don't mistrust each other because they're armed; they're armed because they mistrust each other.

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Meeting With Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland

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Ronald Reagan: “Nations don't mistrust each other because they're armed; they're armed because they mistrust each other.”