Ronald Reagan: “Democracies take up arms only in self-defense.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1986

Democracies take up arms only in self-defense.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Meeting With the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace

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