Remarks to Students at Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster
03/21/1989
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We're a blessed nation because we can grow our own food. A nation that can feed its people is a nation more secure.
I don't view it as redemption. I view it as smart and logical.
No, it was never strained. That's -- I think that's the mythology that's -- that we've escaped.
Then Governor George W. Bush famously warned about that, quote, 'soft bigotry of low expectations.'