Ronald Reagan: “We do not distrust each other because we're armed; we're armed because…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 1988

We do not distrust each other because we're armed; we're armed because we distrust each other.

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Republican · California

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Address to the Citizens of Western Europe

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Ronald Reagan: “We do not distrust each other because we're armed; we're armed because we distrust each other.”