“I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.”

—  Ronald Reagan

Joke at the Gridiron Club annual dinner (24 March 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

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American politician, 40th president of the United States (i… 1911–2004

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