I call upon all citizens of the United States of America to commemorate National Patriotism Week with appropriate celebrations and observances.

True patriotism is a love of country, but it must be an intelligent love and not blind devotion to one's nation without regard to its ideals.

It will take courage and endurance—heroism and statesmanship—to see us through.

We gave the American people the biggest tax relief package in this century.

This is no time for turning back.

There must be no such thing as retreat.

We know that there have been problems from both the left and the right.

I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, May 6, 1982, National Day of Prayer.

Let us as a nation join together before God, aware of the trials that lie ahead and of the need for divine guidance.

No. I don't see any reason to.

Without the faith and vision of General Washington, our democratic experiment might well have expired at an early age.

The program that we have in place is aimed at that, but also I think that we have to have more cooperation between ourselves and the Federal Reserve on this whole problem with regard to the money supply and a more consistent pattern.