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Ronald Reagan: Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created…

On the recordJanuary 19, 1982
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks to the Reagan Administration Executive Forum

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