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Ronald Reagan: The great values that make for civilization are the values for which people have always been willing to die.

On the recordOctober 12, 1983
The great values that make for civilization are the values for which people have always been willing to die.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Women Leaders of Christian Religious Organizations

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