Ronald Reagan: “I cannot believe in continuing to base the safety of the world and of…”

On the recordMarch 4, 1987

I cannot believe in continuing to base the safety of the world and of mankind on a policy called MAD, for mutual assured destruction.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Members of the National Newspaper Association

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