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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Reagan's presidency is noted for significant tax cuts, a strong anti-communist foreign policy, and the deregulation of various industries. His administration also faced challenges such as the Iran-Contra affair and economic issues, including inflation and unemployment.

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Aug 12, 1981

We are going to meet with them with regard to the theater nuclear weapons in Europe.

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Aug 12, 1981

All who treasure freedom and human dignity should never accept nor take for granted this lethal barrier to freedom that stands today in the heart of Europe.

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Aug 12, 1981

the Berlin Wall is a dramatic example of the desperate and cruel extremes to which totalitarian regimes will go to deny their subjects contact with other Europeans.

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Aug 12, 1981

The regimes responsible for the barrier must be constantly reminded that their elaborate efforts to stifle human freedom with walls, mines, gunfire, and barbed wire are a colossal admission of failure.

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Aug 12, 1981

This weapon was particularly designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations.

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Aug 12, 1981

What can the world think of leaders who fear that their own people will flee their homeland at the first opportunity?

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Aug 12, 1981

What can the world think of rulers who must build prison walls around their own nation?

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Aug 12, 1981

I think we might sit down sometime and see what it was the people really wanted.

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Aug 12, 1981

This represents $130 billion in savings over the next 3 years.

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Aug 6, 1981

I have approved S. 1104, an act which amends the International Investment Survey Act of 1974.

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Aug 6, 1981

I believe that a determination of the specific reporting period should be left to the technical experts.

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Aug 6, 1981

I am asking the Congress to make a technical amendment to the act as amended by this bill.

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