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Ronald Reagan: “Never is there any excuse for the violation of the fundamental rights of man—not at any time or in any place.”

On the recordDecember 3, 1981
Never is there any excuse for the violation of the fundamental rights of man—not at any time or in any place.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 4885—Bill of Rights Day, Human Rights Day and Week, 1981

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