There is no way that any of us, including the President, can make it rain.

I'm very proud of the resilience and the strength and the courage and the independence and the insight and the careful planning that's been part of your lives ever since this area was settled.

I believe and I hope that the future might bring us better rainfall.

We need to make sure that we shift very rapidly to the kinds of irrigation that don't waste water.

I strongly recommend that the Congress consider extending the provisions of the Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act (P.L. 95-6) to this Agreement in order that it may be brought into force at the earliest possible date.

I'm glad to be out of the White House back into one of the most beautiful farming areas in the whole world.

I'm here to learn, to let you know how interested I am in your future.

This Agreement, one of a series to be negotiated in accordance with that legislation, is significant because it is the first to be negotiated personally by representatives of the two governments since 1958.

In the United States, we are moving from a period of depression, despair and despondency into a time of renewed hope.

Your membership and your leadership were part of a larger society and a larger world.

Favorable action by Congress on this Agreement will constitute a tangible step in the improvement of United States-Cuban relations.

We must also make government more efficient, because we don't have the money to waste on inefficiency.

We all know that you've already suffered.

Too many people are already paying more payroll taxes than they do income taxes, and we are not going to go this route to save the social security system.

We must work together to control inflation and to get our economy moving again.

Nothing good comes quickly or easily.

I think I can tell you that he's going to take on one of the most difficult jobs in Government.

I need your continued friendship and support, your open criticisms when I make mistakes, and your constant prayers.