“If Fascism Ever Comes to America, It Will Come in the Name of Liberalism.”

1975 interview https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reagan-the-60-minutes-interviews-1975-1989/ with journalist Mike Wallace. (Excerpts from full interview were broadcasted on 60 Minutes on December 14, 1975.)
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