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Ronald Reagan: Free men and women are not destined to be powerless victims of some capricious historical tide; free men and women are…

On the recordSeptember 24, 1984
Free men and women are not destined to be powerless victims of some capricious historical tide; free men and women are themselves the driving force of history.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group

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