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

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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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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