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Ronald Reagan: “The real meaning of the parable has always been not so much the benefit that was done to the beaten man, but the good…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1981
The real meaning of the parable has always been not so much the benefit that was done to the beaten man, but the good that accrued to the Samaritan.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Annual Ambassadors Ball To Benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society

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