Ronald Reagan

Today I am pleased to announce the beginning of new relationships between the United States and the island groups that have emerged from the Pacific Islands Trust Territory.

I'm proud to be an American, where at last I know I'm free.

We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little; we have a deficit because they're spending too much.

We in the United States pledge our friendship and support as the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia now walk the paths they themselves have chosen.

Together we proved our critics wrong.

No political goals are or will be achieved by resorting to extortion and terrorism.

I am pleased to announce that one of the Americans held hostage in Beirut has been released.

We hold the captors of the remaining American hostages in Lebanon responsible for the safety of those Americans.

Your right to vote is the greatest privilege you have as an American.

Will you choose to expand our economic recovery or to return to the stagnation of the seventies?

America is a great and generous nation.

Together we can build on America's promise.

We can protect the peace and reduce nuclear weapons if we stop those who would gut our defense.

You know, I can sum it up for you: Alan Cranston has voted against me more times than Ted Kennedy.

Discrimination against older workers is a matter of great concern to this nation because of the need to sustain and enhance our productive capacity and attain the goal of fairness in employment opportunity for all American workers.

The bill intrudes unduly on the free market, limits the freedom of choice available to consumers who would be denied the opportunity to purchase lower-cost appliances.

We have a deficit because government spends too much.

With the signing of this legislation, we take another important step by ensuring that the many individuals 70 years of age and older, who have valuable contributions to make, will now have the opportunity to do so.

That particular age segment also has the lowest percentage turning out to vote.

This legislation ends mandatory retirement solely on the basis of age for most American workers.

That's one more reason why we need Ed Zschau.

Disapproval of this bill does not mean, however, that the energy efficiency of appliances will be wholly without Federal regulation.

I think it's time that somebody got fired, and I think our country has had enough of what Ed's liberal opponent thinks is best for America.

Your support is indispensable again, so let me ask you this one last time.

There's a rising tide of enthusiasm in this land, a groundswell of support for the ideals that we hold dear and the vision we have for America.