Ronald Reagan said "welfare reform is not just important but vital—vital to our economic well-being; vital, indeed, to our self-respect as a nation." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 6, 1987

welfare reform is not just important but vital—vital to our economic well-being; vital, indeed, to our self-respect as a nation.

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on Welfare Reform

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