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On the recordDecember 28, 1986
We should never forget, and those that guard our freedoms, that we should hang on to them very tenaciously and be very careful about some do-gooder that thinks that our safety is more important than our freedom.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks on Presenting Presidential Citizens Medals to the Designer and Crew of the Voyager in Los Angeles, California

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