Ronald Reagan actually said...

Really, it's destructionist legislation, legislation that would, in fact, hurt the Nation and injure even those few it was originally designed to serve.

Context

Remarks at a White House Briefing for Trade Association Representatives on Free and Fair Trade

07/16/1986

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