Ronald Reagan actually said...

Some people have the odd idea that it's fine while you're a political candidate or during the first year or so in office to talk about waste and fraud.

Context

Remarks at a White House Meeting With Members of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal...

02/24/1985

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