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Ronald Reagan: “The cry of the weakling counts for little in the move toward peace, but the call of a just man armed is potent.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1987
The cry of the weakling counts for little in the move toward peace, but the call of a just man armed is potent.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to the Annual Leadership Conference of the American Legion

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