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Ronald Reagan: Democracy is what we want, and what we want is to enable Salvadorans to stop the killing and sabotage so that economic…

On the recordMarch 9, 1983
Democracy is what we want, and what we want is to enable Salvadorans to stop the killing and sabotage so that economic and political reforms can take root.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks on Central America and El Salvador at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers

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