09/26/1983
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Without the faith and vision of General Washington, our democratic experiment might well have expired at an early age."
"In celebrating the 250th birthday of George Washington, we commemorate the birth of a man whose unsurpassed contributions to our nation place him first in the hearts of all patriotic Americans."
"I think if they go out and meet the real people—and maybe they'll do that—they'll find out that the real people out there know that government has been—[ inaudible]—too much."
"I think that they're concerned about, again, that we might be going into an inflationary spiral. I don't think we are."