On the recordMarch 24, 1982
If someone offered me, who has always been a socialist, the most radical social reform at the expense of freedom, I would refuse, because freedom must never be bartered away.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIf someone offered me, who has always been a socialist, the most radical social reform at the expense of freedom, I would refuse, because freedom must never be bartered away.
Toast at the State Dinner Honoring President Alessandro Pertini of Italy
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