Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 26, 1987
We will not sit idly by if our interests or our friends in the Middle East are threatened, nor will we yield to terrorist blackmail.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union

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