Ronald Reagan: “No exemptions to that law's sequester authority should be enacted which involve increasing the deficit, either now or in…”

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

This is a great day.

We must and will dedicate ourselves as a Nation to continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.