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On the recordMarch 3, 1983
We will not turn our backs on the principles of our recovery program, especially on the principles of free trade.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco

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