09/29/1988
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"Whenever government puts welfare and charity before the opportunity for jobs, it misses the mark."
"I do hereby proclaim the years 1983 through 1992 as the National Decade of Disabled Persons."
"The disabled want what all of us want: the opportunity to contribute to our communities, to use our creativity, and to go as far as our God-given talents will take us."
"We can only be dismayed at this Soviet statement."