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Ronald Reagan: “I believe our campaign to give the government back to the people hit a nerve deeper and quicker than anyone first…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1981
I believe our campaign to give the government back to the people hit a nerve deeper and quicker than anyone first realized.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Annual Convention of the National Conference of State Legislatures

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