Ronald Reagan actually said...

The two superpowers are the only force that can preserve the peace and maintain peace.

Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Intermediate- Range Nuclear Force Negotiations

11/22/1983

More Ronald Reagan Quotes

We are under no illusion that the negotiations will be easy or that progress will come quickly.

I don't see how an organization which has written off the one principle accepted by the parties and which refuses to recognize the existence...

People can reach their full potential only when they are free.

It is unthinkable that in the future they will not demand to exercise that right.