Ronald Reagan: “We must not turn our backs on their pain, nor waste their mighty…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 1983

We must not turn our backs on their pain, nor waste their mighty resource.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Fund-raising Dinner for Senator Charles H. Percy in Chicago, Illinois

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Ronald Reagan: “We must not turn our backs on their pain, nor waste their mighty resource.”