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Ronald Reagan: “Human rights, therefore, is not an abstract moral issue; it is a peace issue.”

On the recordNovember 20, 1985
Human rights, therefore, is not an abstract moral issue; it is a peace issue.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress Following the Soviet-United States Summit Meeting in Geneva

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