Ronald Reagan actually said...

It is built upon the concept that selection of career civil servants must be based on merit principles.

Memorandum on the Centennial of the Federal Civil Service System

01/09/1983

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Their priorities can't be determined by Washington.

And I am so proud to be able to say that during these last 4 years, not 1 inch of territory has been lost to Communist aggression.

We need a policy of higher growth.

It is only right that we bestow upon each of them our nation's greatest honor: American citizenship.