Ronald Reagan actually said...

We here, in this land, have no deeper wish than that by the next St. Patrick's Day, if not before, the conflict and violence in North Ireland will have been replaced with reason and good will.

Context

Toast at a St. Patrick's Day Luncheon Hosted by the Irish Ambassador

03/16/1981

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