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Ronald Reagan: If it wasn't for the elderly correcting the mistakes of the young, there would be no state.

On the recordAugust 30, 1984
If it wasn't for the elderly correcting the mistakes of the young, there would be no state.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to Chapter Presidents of the Catholic Golden Age Association

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