10/19/1986
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"it isn't a step backward at all. It's a step forward toward ending this round that we've had of the excessive interest, of the excessive inflation."
"I hereby designate September 13, 1981, as 'Commodore John Barry Day'."
"That we're determined, that we are going to close that window of vulnerability that has existed for some time with regard to our defensive capability."
"You are ensuring peace just by doing what you're doing, because any potential enemy has to see that the price of aggression is just more than he might want to pay."