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Ronald Reagan: If Benjamin Franklin rose to invoke the Almighty as the Constitution itself was being drafted, if the Congress of the…

On the recordJuly 27, 1988
If Benjamin Franklin rose to invoke the Almighty as the Constitution itself was being drafted, if the Congress of the United States opens each day with prayer, then isn't it time we let God back into the classroom?
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to the Student Congress on Evangelism

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