“When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.”

— Ronald Reagan

Republican National Convention http://65.126.3.86/reagan/html/reagan08_17_92.shtml (17 August 1992) <br class="br">Post-presidency (1989&ndash;2004)

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