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On the recordMarch 8, 1982
The idea that a nation can tax itself into prosperity is one of the crudest delusions which has ever befuddled the human mind.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Luncheon With Members of the Senate Republican Policy Committee

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These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

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The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

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Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

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