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Ronald Reagan: “We shouldn't be dwelling on the past, or even the present.”

On the recordOctober 20, 1984
We shouldn't be dwelling on the past, or even the present.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Presidential Debate in Kansas City, Missouri

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