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Ronald Reagan: “Some sow their cabbage patch merely for tomorrow's meal. Others plant an oak tree as a shelter for the future.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1986
Some sow their cabbage patch merely for tomorrow's meal. Others plant an oak tree as a shelter for the future.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Toasts at the State Dinner for President Jose Sarney Costa of Brazil

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