Who said “What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem…”?

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Ronald Reagan. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceDefending himself against charges of callousness on Good Morning America(31 January 1984), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor

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“What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice.”
VerifiedDefending himself against charges of callousness on Good Morning America(31 January 1984), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor · evidencePoverty and The Poor

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Reagan, R. (n.d.). What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33900-what-we-have-found-in-this-country-and/

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Reagan, Ronald. “What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33900-what-we-have-found-in-this-country-and/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Reagan, Ronald. “What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33900-what-we-have-found-in-this-country-and/.