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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 21, 1988

the typical family's income after taking out inflation has soared more than 10 percent.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 21, 1988

the last time they were in office, the liberals clobbered the American middle class—and we stopped them.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 21, 1988

By the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, I have determined that it is in the interests of the United States to impose certain restrictions on entry into the United States of officers and…

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

When our liberal friends refuse to even whisper the 'L' word... they just acknowledge that where they want to take America, America doesn't want to go.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

Violent crime has fallen significantly since 1981 because we put criminals on notice: Make a false move and the next sound you hear is the clang of a jail cell door closing.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

When we took office 8 years ago, America was in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

I do hereby proclaim October 22, 1988, as National Chester F. Carlson Recognition Day.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

Do you want our foreign policy in the hands of those who criticized our rescue mission in Grenada?

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

The choice before the American people this year is just as clear as it was in 1980 and 1984: a choice between...

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

Our greatest treasure as a nation is our precious moral heritage, the basic values of faith and family that make ours a great nation.

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Ronald Reagan
@ronaldreagan· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1988

I have a suggestion for all of you: Get these people I've mentioned here by name in office.

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