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On the recordAugust 12, 1981
What can the world think of leaders who fear that their own people will flee their homeland at the first opportunity?
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Berlin Wall

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Dec 31, 1988

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

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I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

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