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Ronald Reagan: “We have drifted, as a people, too far away from the voluntarism that so characterized our country for so many years.”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1981
We have drifted, as a people, too far away from the voluntarism that so characterized our country for so many years.
Said by
Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Breakfast Meeting With Representatives From the Private Sector Engaged in Volunteer Work

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