Ronald Reagan: “Yielding to violence and terrorism today may seem to provide temporary relief, but such a course is sure to lead to a…”

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

I don't say that we're not prepared.