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Ronald Reagan: Our nation must always remain what God, in His wisdom, intended it to be—a refuge, a place of safe haven for those…

On the recordSeptember 14, 1984
Our nation must always remain what God, in His wisdom, intended it to be—a refuge, a place of safe haven for those looking for the human rights that have eluded them in the place of their birth.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Annual Dinner of the National Italian American Foundation

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