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Ronald Reagan: They've mostly been private persons forced to live public lives.

On the recordJuly 19, 1985
They've mostly been private persons forced to live public lives.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the President's Recovery From Surgery

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