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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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Oct 23, 1984

I have great admiration for how local broadcasters do their jobs.

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Oct 23, 1984

This bill provides much needed and timely relief for our cities, towns, school districts, sanitary districts, and other similar local governmental bodies from the threat of massive treble damages in the antitrust cases that are being…

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Oct 23, 1984

My generation, and a few generations between mine and yours—we were born into an America where we grew up just taking it for granted that you could dream and make your dreams come true.

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Oct 23, 1984

While the antitrust laws serve very important purposes, they were never intended to threaten public treasuries and the taxpayers' pocketbooks, or to disrupt the good faith functioning of local units of governments.

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Oct 22, 1984

Our North Star was freedom; our constellation was common sense.

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Oct 22, 1984

The American people don't want his tax increases, and he isn't going to get his tax increases.

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Oct 22, 1984

I consider it our highest duty to make certain that you have an America that is every bit as full of opportunity, hope and confidence and dreams as we had when we were born into this America.

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Oct 22, 1984

America will never stop. It will never give up its mission, its special mission—never.

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Oct 22, 1984

The power of the Federal Government had, over the decades, created great chaos—economic chaos, social chaos, international chaos.

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Oct 22, 1984

Not one square inch of territory has been lost to Communist aggression, and the United States is more secure than we were 4 years ago.

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Oct 22, 1984

I got one idea from my opponent. If I could find a way to dress up in his tax program, I could go out on Halloween and scare the devil out of all the neighbors.

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Oct 22, 1984

America is back, a giant reemergent on the scene—powerful in its renewed spirits, powerful in its economy, powerful in the world economy, and powerful in its ability to defend itself and secure the peace.

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Oct 22, 1984

Not 1 square inch of territory has been lost to the Communist nations.

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Oct 22, 1984

The American people don't want his tax increases, and the American people aren't going to get his tax increases.

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Oct 21, 1984

They created a calamity of such proportions that we're still suffering the consequences of those economic time bombs.

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Oct 21, 1984

Our North Star was freedom, and common sense were our constellations.

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Oct 21, 1984

I've come to San Diego asking for your support in every campaign that I've ever been in.

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