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Ronald Reagan: “I think that if we, on the other hand, retreat and step back fearfully and say, 'Well, we don't know what's going to…”

On the recordOctober 15, 1981
I think that if we, on the other hand, retreat and step back fearfully and say, 'Well, we don't know what's going to happen in the Middle East', then I think that we can bring about.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Working Luncheon With Out-of-Town Editors

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