Ronald Reagan: “I could not perform for 15 minutes the tasks that confront me here if…”

On the recordJune 7, 1986

I could not perform for 15 minutes the tasks that confront me here if I were not allowed to laugh.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Fund-raising Gala for Ford's Theatre

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