Source: The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 1. Why Are People?
“I am an advocate of having a gold dollar with Reagan's picture on it, and calling it the Ronnie. The Canadians have the Loonie, and we can have the Ronnie.”
On Ronald Reagan, as quoted in an interview in the New York Times Sunday Magazine (20 June 2004).
2000s
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