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Good and decent people must not close their eyes to evil, must not ignore the suffering of the innocent, and must never remain silent and inactive in times of moral crisis.

Those changes are unacceptable to King Hussein; they are unacceptable to King Fahd; they are unacceptable to me.

It's taken us 2 years to reverse that damage, get productivity growing again, and foster a recovery that's starting to bring people back to work.

Nothing could be more unfair. And I promise you this: I will veto any attempt to take away the third year of your tax cut or the indexing which benefit low and medium-income families the most.

This will be a protection we never had before.

We're confident that the economic measures President Hurtado is taking in Ecuador will succeed.

As two countries strongly committed to democratic government, we are heartened by the obviously favorable trend toward democracy in Latin America.

I have very much appreciated the opportunity to have President Hurtado as my guest.

I do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 22, 1983, as World Trade Week.

As the world's largest trading Nation, the United States has much to gain from the continued expansion of world trade and much to lose if it is diminished.

America must be an unrelenting advocate of free trade.

Our transportation systems—land, water, and air-enable us to work where we choose, travel where we please, and ship the products of our farms and factories across the country and around the world.

Like Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan, I'm going to charge up that Hill until we get a victory.

I do hereby proclaim the month of April, 1983, as Cancer Control Month.

It is unjust and inexcusable when they are ignored or mistreated by this system.

America must not be tempted to turn to protectionism, but lead the way toward freer trade and more open markets.

I think they're entitled to some relief, since they're supporting two school systems and only using one.

If our system is to survive, it must truly bring justice to all who seek it.