Ronald Reagan Quotes
Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.
Earlier in the Arab-Israeli conflict United Nations troops were stationed at the borders to prevent either side from attacking the other. The Arabs mounted a major attack and the United Nations troops ran and did not fight. Ever since then, Israel policy was never to depend on any other than Israel to defend the country and the people.
It emasculated people to be protected in this way... [They should] be used to protecting themselves.
Commenting on the efforts of the government to regulate working conditions:
1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Note that he would require a level of education for a citizen to possess weapons. In America it has been suggested that gun training be required as a condition, but the notion of general education is quite different. He was executed for rebellion at age 29. However, a number of his followers went on to leadership positions in the reforms that followed.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.