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Ronald Reagan: It is not the Federal Government or the States who retain the power—the people retain the power.

On the recordJuly 29, 1981
It is not the Federal Government or the States who retain the power—the people retain the power.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Annual Convention of the National Conference of State Legislatures

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