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

—  Ronald Reagan

"Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College in Illinois," May 9, 1982. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=42501
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

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