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Ronald Reagan: “I only wish that with the stroke of this pen that I could also decree that the pain and suffering of people living with…”

On the recordDecember 31, 1983
I only wish that with the stroke of this pen that I could also decree that the pain and suffering of people living with these diseases would cease as well.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Reagan expressed a desire to alleviate suffering from rare diseases upon signing the Orphan Drug Act.

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