Ronald Reagan said "no duty of the Federal Government is more important than the defense of this Republic." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 23, 1987

no duty of the Federal Government is more important than the defense of this Republic.

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the State of the Union

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