Ronald Reagan actually said...

Wherever it takes place in the world, the persecution of people, for whatever reason—persecution of people for their religious belief—that is a matter to be on that negotiating table.

Context

Remarks at the First Annual Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust

04/29/1981

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