Ronald Reagan: “If we don't expect anything from our kids, why should they expect…”

On the recordJuly 28, 1983

If we don't expect anything from our kids, why should they expect anything of themselves?

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Reception for the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association...

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