Ronald Reagan: “Too much government has always meant the oppression of the human…”

On the recordJune 18, 1984

Too much government has always meant the oppression of the human spirit and the stultification of human progress.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Scholars Awards

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Ronald Reagan: “Too much government has always meant the oppression of the human spirit and the stultification of human progress.”