Ronald Reagan: “Totalitarian societies—such as those in the Soviet Union, Cuba, and…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1988

Totalitarian societies—such as those in the Soviet Union, Cuba, and now Nicaragua—have demonstrated for all to see that tyranny doesn't work.

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Republican · California

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Toast at a Luncheon Hosted by President Miguel De la Madrid Hurtado in Mazatlan, Mexico

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