Ronald Reagan actually said...

The truth is that today's criminals for the most part are not desperate people seeking bread for their families; crime is the way they've chosen to live.

Context

Remarks in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police

09/27/1981

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