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Ronald Reagan: “The absence of these powers under the Articles of the Confederation had led to trade wars among the States, local…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 1988
The absence of these powers under the Articles of the Confederation had led to trade wars among the States, local rebellions, international humiliation, the exhaustion of the Government's finances, and the ruin of the economy.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Anthony M. Kennedy as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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