Ronald Reagan: “We cannot afford the luxury of turning away from our neighbors'…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1983

We cannot afford the luxury of turning away from our neighbors' struggle as if they didn't matter.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the Quadrennial Convention of the International Longshoremen's Association in Hollywood, Florida

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Ronald Reagan: “We cannot afford the luxury of turning away from our neighbors' struggle as if they didn't matter.”