Ronald Reagan: “Americans are a generous and a compassionate people, and no particular…”

On the recordJuly 6, 1981

Americans are a generous and a compassionate people, and no particular segment of our society has a monopoly on those traits.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Governor James R. Thompson, Jr., in Chicago, Illinois

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