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Ronald Reagan: You can give a hungry man a fish and he'll be hungry tomorrow, or you can teach him to fish and he'll never be hungry…

On the recordSeptember 20, 1981
You can give a hungry man a fish and he'll be hungry tomorrow, or you can teach him to fish and he'll never be hungry again.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Breakfast Meeting With Representatives From the Private Sector Engaged in Volunteer Work

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