“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordOctober 15, 1981
I think that if we, on the other hand, retreat and step back fearfully and say, 'Well, we don't know what's going to happen in the Middle East', then I think that we can bring about.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Working Luncheon With Out-of-Town Editors

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