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Ronald Reagan: It's not provocative to warn that once a Communist revolution occurs, citizens are not permitted free elections, a free…

On the recordJuly 18, 1983
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.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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

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