Our Federal Union: it must be preserved.

The solution is as obvious as it is urgent: Reduce government's share of the gross national product by slowing the growth of spending.

We will hold fast to the guarantees of equal justice and opportunity for all Americans.

I look forward with special pleasure to my visit to France, America's oldest ally.

We recognize that, that that is a problem that has to be met.

While it would be impossible to resolve our economic differences in one day, I think we've made tangible progress toward better communications on these important issues.

I believe that President Mitterrand now has a better understanding of United States policy objectives in that troubled region.

This has been a very unusual friend-to-friend meeting and one for which I'm very grateful.

On this St. Patrick's Day, let us fervently wish that America and Ireland will continue to be friends as long as the hills are green.

Even today in the Irish countryside you can see the words 'Gone to America' on old houses.

I think the fundamentals of our plan will bring about a recovery.

Every American gratefully acknowledges the many contributions of Irish Americans in every walk of life down through our nation's history.