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On the recordSeptember 14, 1981
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.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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

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