Quotes

Reagan on National Security, Democracy, and America

“But to be freedom's protector, to be a force for good, we must, above all, be strong.”

September 9, 1982

“But to be freedom's protector, to be a force for good, we must, above all, be strong. And to be strong, we must offer leadership at all levels of government, in our communities, in our families. We must mobilize every asset we have -- spiritual, moral, educational, economic, and military -- in a crusade for national renewal.”

— Excerpted from Remarks at Kansas State University at the Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues