Ronald Reagan: “The American farmer is a bigger risktaker than Evel Knievel.”

On the recordAugust 1, 1982

The American farmer is a bigger risktaker than Evel Knievel.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Corn Growers Association in Des Moines, Iowa

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