Ronald Reagan: “I actually believe that the prime effort, however, if we're to…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1986

I actually believe that the prime effort, however, if we're to succeed, has to be in turning off.

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Interview With Richard M. Smith, Morton M. Kondracke, Margaret Garrard Warner, and Elaine Shannon of Newsweek on the...

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