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Ronald Reagan: I think we would have lost prestige if we had not been willing to undertake this job of trying to broker an agreement…

On the recordApril 19, 1982
I think we would have lost prestige if we had not been willing to undertake this job of trying to broker an agreement between these two parties and forestall violence.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues

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