Ronald Reagan actually said...

The freedom to take a risk, to reap its rewards, to work harder for a better wage, to climb as high as your own ambition and effort will take you—that kind of freedom is basic to the dream that is America.

Context

Remarks at a White House Reception for Representatives of the Business Community

09/14/1981

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