Ronald Reagan: “Suddenly, the debate for these last 4 years, it turns out, has been how much can we cut the spending?”

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.

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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