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Ronald Reagan: “Without the faith and vision of General Washington, our democratic experiment might well have expired at an early age.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 1982
Without the faith and vision of General Washington, our democratic experiment might well have expired at an early age.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Message on the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington

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