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Ronald Reagan: Too many Americans have had to suffer the effects of crime while too many of our leaders have stuck to the old…

On the recordJuly 6, 1984
Too many Americans have had to suffer the effects of crime while too many of our leaders have stuck to the old, discredited, liberal illusions about crime.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on Law Enforcement and Crime

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