Ronald Reagan actually said...

You said on February 13, 1980, that the United States has an obligation to its citizens and to the people of the world never to let those who would destroy freedom dictate the future course of human existence on our planet.

Context

Toasts of President Reagan and President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast at the State Dinner

06/06/1983

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