| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 46100 |
| QUOTATION: | We’re in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ronald Reagan (b. 1911), U.S. Republican politician, president. First published in New York Times, April 12, 1980. quoted in “Temptation of Pride,” Reagan’s Reign of Error, eds. Mark Green and Gail MacColl (1987). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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