05/02/1988
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"As long as I'm President, we're not going back to the days when America was fast becoming an impotent democracy."
"Many of its proposals follow the spirit of recommendations by the Grace commission, some 2,000 citizens who compiled a report on how to cut spending growth without harming the needy or impairing any e..."
"I won't deny all the groups I mentioned represent valid interests, which may seem compelling."
"I believe that the change in direction we have instituted during the past four years will continue even beyond this Administration."