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Top 10 Memorable Debate Moments
From gaffes to one-line zingers, TIME presents history's best-remembered quotes from our presidential candidates
— M.J. Stephey
When a moderator tried to silence Ronald Reagan's microphone during a 1980 Republican primary debate that he had personally financed, Reagan shouted: "I am paying for this microphone!" The line, as NBC's Brian Williams noted, became a "political home run" for Reagan, even though it wasn't actually his. He borrowed it from the 1948 film State of the Union.
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