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Ronald Reagan: “The great, senseless cruelty and tragedy of it is simply to create terror by making people generally feel unsafe.”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1982
The great, senseless cruelty and tragedy of it is simply to create terror by making people generally feel unsafe.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Exchange With Reporters on Terrorism

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