Reagan's Neshoba County Fair "states' rights" speech

States' rights was a speech made by President Ronald Reagan in 1980. It happened in a county fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

This is what Reagan said:

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I still believe the answer to any problem lies with the people. I believe in states' rights and I believe in people doing as much as they can for themselves at the community level and at the private level. I believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the Constitution to that federal establishment.

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Reagan's speech was controversial.^[1]

Other websites

Recording of Reagan's speech. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

References

↑ "Reagan's Race Legacy (washingtonpost.com)". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

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February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) 33rd Governor of California (1967-1975)
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