08/06/1981
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"In response to your mandate, our administration has worked to return the civil rights laws to their original meaning—to prevent discrimination against any and all Americans."
"Quotas deny jobs to many who would have gotten them otherwise, but who weren't born a specified race or sex."
"Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for the others."
"Flags have always symbolized important characteristics of the American people—the Stars and Stripes for independence and the World War II 'E' Flag for excellence."