Ronald Reagan actually said...

Brute force may intimidate, but it cannot form the basis of an enduring society.

Address to the Nation About Christmas and the Situation in Poland

12/22/1981

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Ed Meese has served the American people loyally and well.

We have—you and I—given America a new era of hope, a new age of promise, and a new dawn of opportunity.

Our opponents are putting together a campaign that is subtle and clever.

Ed has been a good friend and a close adviser.