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On the recordApril 12, 1982
A wise and frugal government shall restrain men from injuring one another,... shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on the 239th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson

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