Ronald Reagan actually said...

It's not provocative to warn that once a Communist revolution occurs, citizens are not permitted free elections, a free press, free trade, free unions, free speech, freedom to worship, or property, or freedom to travel as we please.

Context

Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the Annual Observance of Captive Nations Week

07/18/1983

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