Ronald Reagan: “Here in America we're a government of, by, and for the people, and not…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1984

Here in America we're a government of, by, and for the people, and not the other way around.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Macon, Georgia

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