Ronald Reagan

I have always regarded you, the American people, as full participants.

Let us pause from our many activities to give thanks to Almighty God for our bountiful harvests and abundant freedoms.

Our Nation owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the millions of freedom-loving Poles who have come to our shores to build a new land.

I cannot promise, nor can any President promise, that the talks in Iceland... will lead inevitably to great breakthroughs.

We are closer than ever before to agreements that could lead to a safer world without nuclear weapons.

Believing that a policy of mutual destruction and slaughter of their citizens and ours was uncivilized.

We share unstinting devotion to political and religious freedom, as expressed so courageously by Pope John Paul II and Lech Walesa.

Freedom has gathered its forces, regained its strength, and is on the march.

I call upon every citizen of this great Nation to gather together in homes and places of worship on that day of thanks to affirm by their prayers and their gratitude the many blessings bestowed upon this land and its people.

We've still got that secret weapon.

On behalf of a grateful Commander in Chief, I salute you!

All that you do has strengthened world peace, the peace in which the flame of freedom can continue to burn and spread its light throughout the world.

I have to tell you that of all the things that I'm proud of in this job, none match the pride that I have in those of you who are wearing the uniform of your country.

Thank you all. It's good to feel so at home.

You are not here on NATO's frontline... you're here to make it better, for you're here in the name of liberty.

I repeat my call for the Congress to do its duty: Send me an acceptable budget without further delay.

I do this with great reluctance.

It is inefficient, disruptive, and costly—in a word, it is a disgrace.

This is no way to run the Federal Government.

It would be unwise to grant another paid holiday to Federal employees, who already get 10 paid holidays a year, at a cost to the Government of $332 million.

The Refugee Act of 1980 provides a comprehensive and orderly system governing asylum and deportation decisions.

We go to this meeting for freedom, and we go in hope.

As I had previously made clear, the provision included in this resolution providing for the rehire of air traffic controllers who engaged in the 1981 strike is totally unacceptable.

The world has never known a force as strong or decent as that of America when we're unified.

I do hereby designate October 9, 1986, as Leif Erikson Day.