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In '
A Time For Choosing', Reagan makes the claim that:
He Khrushchev] ] has told them that we are retreating under the pressure of the Cold War, and someday when the time comes to deliver the ultimatum, our surrender will be voluntary because by that time we will have weakened from within spiritually, morally, and economically. He believes this because from our side he has heard voices pleading for "peace at any price" or "better Red than dead," or as one commentator put it, he would rather "live on his knees than die on his feet."
The un-named commentator actually has a name in the Prepared version of the speech, "English commentator Tynan." Tynan's actual quote is:
"better Red than dead seems an obvious doctrine for anyone not consumed by a death wish; I would rather live on my knees than die on my knees."
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Buckley's Triumph