Ronald Reagan: “This pessimism cuts across the grain of the American character.”

On the recordOctober 18, 1983

This pessimism cuts across the grain of the American character.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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