Ronald Reagan: “Don't let today's doom criers and cynics persuade you that the best is…”

On the recordMay 16, 1981

Don't let today's doom criers and cynics persuade you that the best is past, that from here on it's all downhill.

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Republican · California

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Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame

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Ronald Reagan: “Don't let today's doom criers and cynics persuade you that the best is past, that from here on it's all downhill.”