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Who knows what was said or not now? I guess in the case of Reagan it will be history that tells. The quotes you are after at at least cited at http://www.deoxy.org/reagan.htm but as to whether or not Reagan actually said them?
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From: Geoffrey Frasz <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:45 am
Subject: Reagan Quotes

> In trying to persuade a friend that the late Ronald Reagan was not the
> friend of the environment as he claimed I used two quotes
> attributed to
> Reagan: 1)"You've seen one redwood you've seen them all." and 2)
> "Treescause popllution."  The second one came I think from one of
> his imfamous
> note cards and was maed, I think with the notion that any exhaust is
> pollutin and the oxygen is the exhaust of plant respiration, ergo
> treescause pollution.   But if any one can tell me the exact
> origins of each
> of the quotes I would appreciate it very much. Plus have bragging
> rightsfor once over my Republican friend.
> geoffrey frasz
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