Ronald Reagan

The American people will be well served by his tenure.

I can appreciate why some of these things are difficult to comprehend, and you're entitled to have your questions answered.

I invite all Americans to join in appropriate activities to assure a better understanding of this rare but serious disease.

I do hereby proclaim December 11, 1986, as National SEEK and College Discovery Day.

It is our obligation to our dead—it is our sacred obligation to their children and our children—that we must never forget what we have learned.

I call upon all Americans to participate in activities designed to heighten awareness of the plight of epidermolysis bullosa sufferers.

I intend to make their conclusions and recommendations available to Congress and to the American people.

The future of our country depends on equal access to education for all students.

I have said earlier that I would welcome the appointment of an independent counsel to look into allegations of illegality in the sale of arms to Iran.

I do hereby proclaim the week of December 1 through December 7, 1986, as National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week.

It has been my policy and will continue to be my policy.

We honor our dead by solemn ceremony.

I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint A. Wayne Roberts.

The appointment of this Board and the stature of its membership are a demonstration of a commitment to learn how this happened and how it can be prevented in the future.

I am determined to get all the facts out and take whatever action is necessary.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), a Special Review Board…

I want all the facts to come out about learning of a possible transfer of funds from the sale of arms to Iran to those fighting the Sandinista government.

I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint Julius W. Becton, Jr. as a Governor of the Board of Governors of the American National Red Cross.

Government consumes wealth, it doesn't create it.

It's people, not government, who create wealth, provide growth, and ensure prosperity.

You can't spend yourself rich any more than you can drink yourself sober.

Government has borrowed too much and spent too much.

I call upon all Americans, in rural areas and in cities alike, to join in recognizing the accomplishments of our productive farmers and of our urban residents cooperating to create abundance, wealth, and strength for the Nation.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft—three distinguished experts in foreign policy and national security…

I hope the Board will conduct its review in a prompt and thorough manner.