Ronald Reagan, “Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals” in Orlando, Florida” (March 8, 1983)
While America’s military strength is important, let me add here that I’ve always maintained that the struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.
We have it within our power to begin the world over again.
My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
