Ronald Reagan: “We've lived too long by the maxims of past decades, lost in a jungle…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1982

We've lived too long by the maxims of past decades, lost in a jungle of government bureaucracy.

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Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Iowa State Legislature in Des Moines

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Ronald Reagan: “We've lived too long by the maxims of past decades, lost in a jungle of government bureaucracy.”