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Ronald Reagan: “Believe me, if there's one impression I carry with me... it is this: that the things that unite us—America's past of…”

On the recordJuly 3, 1986
Believe me, if there's one impression I carry with me... it is this: that the things that unite us—America's past of which we're so proud, our hopes and aspirations for the future... these things far outweigh what little divides us.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on Independence Day

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