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Ronald Reagan: “Where there is oppression, there is stagnation—economic stagnation—and the underlying stagnation of the human heart and…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1987
Where there is oppression, there is stagnation—economic stagnation—and the underlying stagnation of the human heart and mind.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Members of the Volunteer International Council of the United States Information Agency

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