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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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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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

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