Ronald Reagan: “We will always take care of the poor and the helpless among us…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1985

We will always take care of the poor and the helpless among us, because that's the kind of people we are and have always been.

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Republican · California

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Remarks to the Students and Faculty at St. John's University in New York, New York

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Ronald Reagan: “We will always take care of the poor and the helpless among us, because that's the kind of people we are and have always…”