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Ronald Reagan: “I owe it to my country and my fellow citizens to quit being a freeloader.”

On the recordApril 23, 1982
I owe it to my country and my fellow citizens to quit being a freeloader.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on Taxes, the Tuition Tax Credit, and Interest Rates

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