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Those [mujahideen] are freedom fighters. Those are people fighting for their own country and not wanting to become a satellite state of the Soviet Union, which came in and established a government of its choosing there, without regard to the feelings of the Afghans.

— Ronald Reagan

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Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

The only way there could be war is if they start it; we're not going to start a war.

I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and that there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (1991)

History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

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