05/18/1988
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"There can be no excuse for protectionist legislation."
"Really, it's destructionist legislation, legislation that would, in fact, hurt the Nation and injure even those few it was originally designed to serve."
"It's not protectionism but economic growth that in the past 3 1/2 years has created more than 10 million American jobs."
"I just have to believe the Americans can still outdesign, outproduce, outsell, outinnovate, and outcompete anybody on Earth."