Ronald Reagan: “The Irish are the only people in the country, in America, that built…”

On the recordNovember 5, 1981

The Irish are the only people in the country, in America, that built the jails and then filled them.

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Republican · California

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Remarks in New York, New York, at the 84th Annual Dinner of the Irish American Historical Society

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Ronald Reagan: “The Irish are the only people in the country, in America, that built the jails and then filled them.”