Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 10, 1982
Why should the Federal Government think it can do what all the rest of us don't have to do in our private lives?
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Fund-raising Luncheon in Billings, Montana, for United States Senate Candidate Larry Williams

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