Ronald Reagan Quotes About Weakness

• We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.

  Ronald Reagan

  Weakness, Aggression, Peace Through Strength

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.143, Humanix Books

• Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American policies — especially in this hemisphere. None of the four wars in my lifetime came about because we were too strong.

  Ronald Reagan

  Leadership, Strong, War

  "Ronald Reagan".

• Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So, we rebuilt our defenses, and this New Year we toasted the new peacefulness around the globe. Not only have the superpowers actually begun to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons...but the regional conflicts that rack the globe are also beginning to cease.

  Ronald Reagan

  New Year, Strong, Years

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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