I intend to nominate Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Our federalism program will have no losers.

I have faith that given the authority, State and local governments are more capable of handling their own affairs than the bureaucracy in Washington.

America is not licked but that our spirit is alive and well.

Deficits are not caused by our lowering taxes. Deficits are caused by government spending too much.

The rest of the country still believes in America and in tomorrow.

I don't believe that I was sent to Washington to raise your taxes, and neither was the new majority in the United States Senate.

My commitment to cutting taxes and rebuilding our defenses is every bit as strong today as it was the day I took office.

As much as I detest the idea of deficits, as President I must accept a large deficit if that is what it takes to buy peace for the rest of this century and beyond.

The American people have been promised tax relief.

We cannot afford to compromise our national defense needs.

We share the overriding philosophy that individual freedom, individual integrity, and individual ingenuity made us the greatest country the world has ever known.