Ronald Reagan: “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1988

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.

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Republican · California

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Remarks to Members of the Reserve Officers Association

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Ronald Reagan: “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.”