Ronald Reagan actually said...

I've always believed that there's nothing government can do as well, other than a certain few things like national security, as the private sector can do if government gets out of its way and sets it free to do it.

Context

Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Members of the Volunteer International Council of the United States Information Agency

10/08/1987

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