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Ronald Reagan: “We are trying to get back to government in its proper place.”

On the recordJanuary 24, 1983
We are trying to get back to government in its proper place.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Question-and-Answer Session With Network Anchors on the State of the Union Address

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