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On the recordMarch 1, 1982
We must not resign ourselves to life as a second-rate power, tempting aggression with our weakness.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Rally for Senator Malcolm Wallop in Cheyenne, Wyoming

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