It is pessimism based on past experience that over the years we've had seven to eight recessions since World War II.

Let me say about your unemployment here, the most necessary thing that has to be done.

When we took office, the cost of government was increasing 17 percent a year.

We are keeping the safety net, and yet, at the same time, we're making the savings that can bring back the economy.

Reducing the defense budget.

That is enough, if they have the confidence that we're going to continue and that we're not going to do that other quick-fix thing.

I've said that we'd preserve a safety net.

Our goal is to bring government down to the balanced budget.

We cut the growth in Federal regulations by a third.

I think we'll see real progress on interest rates once the financial markets finally wake up.

The Government was borrowing interest-free from small business.

Police officers shoulder the trust of their fellow citizens in their daily effort to provide the protection and service that are increasingly important to our nation.