Ronald Reagan on Peace

This is from a speech he did in April 1975:

It has been revealed that for twelve years, a behavioral scientist at the University of Hawaii has headed up a team of distinguished colleagues in a Federally-Funded, computerized study of International behavior. Summed up in one sentence they have learned that “to abdicate power is to abdicate the right to maintain peace.”

The study focused mainly upon Red China, Russia and the US. Every bit of data from trade to tourism—from threats to treaties—was fed into the computers. The findings prove conclusively that what Laurence Beilenson wrote in his book “The Treaty Trap” is true. “Nations that place their faith in treaties and fail to keep their hardware up don’t stick around long enough to write many pages in history.”

According to the report “It is not equality in power,” “that reduces hostility and conflict. Rather it is power dominance or submission.”---Peace is purchased by making yourself stronger than your adversary—or by dismantling power and submitting to one’s enemies.”

Power is not only sufficient military strength but a sound economy, a reliable energy supply and credibility—the belief by any potential enemy that you will not choose surrender as the way to maintain peace. Thomas Jefferson said “The American people won’t make a mistake if they are given all the facts.”

Source: Reagan In His Own Hand. The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America (2001) by Ronald Reagan.

So true now as it was back then. Sadly, Obama and the Left will never get this fact—that evil exists in the world.