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Ronald Reagan: “We mean to end their profits, imprison their members, and cripple their organizations.”

On the recordNovember 16, 1982
We mean to end their profits, imprison their members, and cripple their organizations.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks in Miami, Florida, to Members of the South Florida Task Force and Members of Miami Citizens Against Crime

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