Ronald Reagan: “It has been the shield of democracy and the greatest deterrent to war…”

On the recordNovember 3, 1987

It has been the shield of democracy and the greatest deterrent to war in history.

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Republican · California

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Address to the People of Western Europe on Soviet-United States Relations

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