Ronald Reagan actually said...

When freedom was threatened, it was boys on this block who took off their baseball caps and put on their helmets and donned their country's uniform and went to war.

Context

Remarks at a Luncheon With Community Leaders in Chicago, Illinois

09/29/1988

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