Ronald Reagan actually said...

It's a travesty that we should be engaged in what was called mutual assured destruction.

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

10/27/1986

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If you care—I know—if you care, we'll win. And if we don't care, we'll lose. It's that simple.

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Surely the American experience has proved him right.

Our participation in world affairs... would have to go beyond just the protection of our national territory against direct invasion.