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Ronald Reagan: “He believed they were dependable and right-minded and he believed that a leader's responsibility is to bring out their…”

On the recordFebruary 21, 1982
He believed they were dependable and right-minded and he believed that a leader's responsibility is to bring out their best qualities.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Mount Vernon, Virginia, Ceremony Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington

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