Ronald Reagan: “Their convictions grew out of their good-faith belief that their actions were necessary to preserve the security…”

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

We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

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