Ronald Reagan: “We gather today to bear witness to the past and learn from its awful…”

On the recordNovember 3, 1988

We gather today to bear witness to the past and learn from its awful example.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on Signing the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act) in Chicago, Illinois

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Ronald Reagan: “We gather today to bear witness to the past and learn from its awful example.”