09/11/1986
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"Sparing their lives would be a step forward for Iran and the world community."
"I know of no nation in a better position than to lead the world out of the morass of hatred and rivalry and to freedom for all mankind than the United States."
"The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully."
"Well, the classes of 1932 faced a world in the very bottom of the Great Depression."