Ronald Reagan: “I believe that the best don’t always win. But I believe, and I’ve been…”

On the recordJuly 1, 1981

I believe that the best don’t always win. But I believe, and I’ve been proved correct, that the worst certainly lose.

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Nomination of Monteagle Stearns To Be United States Ambassador to Greece

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Ronald Reagan: “I believe that the best don’t always win. But I believe, and I’ve been proved correct, that the worst certainly lose.”