Ronald Reagan

We celebrate 12 rich contributions to American arts; and, in a wider sense, we celebrate American culture itself.

Our administration has sought to emphasize these distinctively American aspects of our own culture.

It would be a tragedy to permit the budget pressures of today to destroy this vital research program and undercut our chances for a safer and more secure tomorrow.

Our search for an effective defense is a key part of a three-pronged response to the Soviet threat.

Reliable defenses could also serve as insurance against cheating or breaking out of an arms reduction agreement.

Isn't it time to put our survival back under our own control?

Richard A. Hauser will be a valuable addition to the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.

I am today approving H.R. 4801, but I do so with serious reservations.

The range of up to 6 months provided in this bill is far in excess of what we visualized in 1983.

I hope the Congress will not abandon S. 1236, and I urge its prompt consideration by the House of Representatives.

I am concerned by the extremely wide latitude allowed the United States Sentencing Commission in setting guidelines for offenses carrying a maximum penalty of 2 years imprisonment.

I therefore approve this bill with the understanding that the Sentencing Commission does not expect to utilize the full 6-month range for offenses carrying a maximum penalty of 2 years imprisonment.

For love of liberty, we must see it accomplished.

Here government is the servant, not the master.

I'm getting the idea.

Isn't it time that we gave farming back to farmers?

I think we ought to all try to remember where government's money comes from in the first place.

Well, I think that in our basically two-party system there is a difference in the philosophy of the two candidates.

I will send names up there of people that I believe look upon the judicial process as one of interpreting the law, not writing it.

Terrorism is still present.

I supported and would support and hoped that we could see the end of nuclear weapons-total elimination.

Now there seems to be some word that he has indicated that he may be stepping back from that position.

I am especially proud that in 1984 we had the safest Christmas holiday season since the late 1940's.

We don't want the Philippines to descend into civil strife.

That movement has been halted, at least for a while.