The public expression of our faith in God, through prayer, is fundamental.

Facing the future with the Bible—that's a perfect theme for your convention.

I know this is strong medicine, but so far we have cut only the rate of increase in Federal spending.

We must work together to rebuild this country.

I urge all civilian employees of the Federal government and members of the Armed Forces to support this voluntary effort.

America's heart is strong, and its heart is good.

The spending freeze is necessary to overcome the deficits.

We have proposed and will continue to urge the Soviets to agree to ban altogether both their intermediate-range land-based nuclear missile weapons and those we intend to deploy in response to their build-up.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Congratulations to you and that great team of yours.

Well, you fellows really earned it, and it was thrilling to watch.

You've got every reason to be proud of that team.

I just want to say that, on the other hand, it was a great game.

Football bounces funny sometimes and, believe me, I can have some understanding how you feel.

We've got to do something about that, so I propose the budget for 1984 will increase no more than the rate of inflation.

I am proposing a standby tax that wouldn't start until 1986.

I wanted to give you a little preview of that message today.

But the deficit is going to be large.