Ronald Reagan actually said...

If we must ever ask them to put their lives on the line for the United States of America, then they deserve to have the finest weapons and equipment that money can buy.

Context

Remarks at a Campaign Rally for Senator Jeremiah A. Denton in Birmingham, Alabama

10/27/1986

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