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Ronald Reagan: “The American dream isn't one of making government bigger; it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of free people under…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 1984
The American dream isn't one of making government bigger; it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of free people under God.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union

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