Ronald Reagan: “The whole purpose of our actions is to speak for those who have been…”

On the recordDecember 28, 1981

The whole purpose of our actions is to speak for those who have been silenced and to help those who've been rendered helpless.

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Republican · California

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Excerpt From an Exchange With Reporters on the Situation in Poland

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