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Ronald Reagan: “One of the greatest threats to freedom is that it will never be taken for granted—or, pardon me, I should say, it will…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1985
One of the greatest threats to freedom is that it will never be taken for granted—or, pardon me, I should say, it will be taken for granted is the threat.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Toast at the State Dinner for Prime Minister Poul Schlfiter of Denmark

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