Ronald Reagan actually said...

The United States owes a debt of gratitude to Asian and Pacific Americans for their contributions to the culture, heritage and freedom of the Nation we together love and serve.

Context

Proclamation 4837—Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week, 1981

04/19/1981

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