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Ronald Reagan giving a speech in front of the American Flag

Ronald Reagan

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Reagan on Free Enterprise

You know, I've often likened some of the doings of government, no matter how well intentioned they are, as to the little town that wanted to raise its traffic signs from 5 feet high to 7 feet high, thinking it'd be more visible for the motorists coming along. And then the story has it that the Federal Government told them that they had a Federal program that would take care of that -- they'd lower the streets 2 feet.

February 19, 1986

Remarks at a White House Meeting With Members of the Business Council

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