Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Reagan's presidency is noted for significant tax cuts, a strong anti-communist foreign policy, and the deregulation of various industries. His administration also faced challenges such as the Iran-Contra affair and economic issues, including inflation and unemployment.
Jun 24, 1986
I can tell you, after what I've seen of today's youth and those in uniform today, the Commander in Chief can say the same thing that George Marshall said.
Jun 24, 1986
Send him right out of Nevada come November and send him to Washington, DC.
Jun 24, 1986
To put that in dollars and cents, it could mean as much as $600 to $900 more in new, real income to each household each year.
Jun 23, 1986
Nicaragua is becoming a Soviet base every day that we debate and debate and debate–and do nothing.
Jun 23, 1986
The measure the House will consider tomorrow… would give the Sandinistas and the Soviet Union what they seek most: time.
Jun 23, 1986
Now the Senate and House conferees...will meet to hammer out the differences between their two bills.
Jun 23, 1986
The Senate has voted on tax reform, and the score is: taxpayers, 1; special interests, nothing.
Jun 23, 1986
I am pleased to send you the annual report of the National Science Foundation for Fiscal Year 1985.
Jun 23, 1986
Today, however, with American support, the tide is turning in Central America.
Jun 23, 1986
Well, it's nice to prove the skeptics wrong, but it's even nicer to see the American taxpayer win one for a change.
Jun 23, 1986
Who among us would tell these brave young men and women: 'Your dream is dead; your democratic revolution is over; you will never live in the free Nicaragua you fought so hard to build?'
Jun 23, 1986
The proud people of Nicaragua did not rise up against Somoza-and struggle, fight, and die-to have Cubans, Russians, Bulgarians, East Germans, and North Koreans running their prisons.
Jun 23, 1986
Achievements such as those described in this report are the basis for much of our Nation's strength.
Jun 23, 1986
This Senate bill is visionary in its scope and revolutionary in its implications.
Jun 23, 1986
It is imperative to our own national security and in the interest of long-term stability in our hemisphere that we support the forces of democracy in Central America.
Jun 23, 1986
The only way to bring true peace and security to Central America is to bring democracy to Nicaragua.
Jun 23, 1986
We want to struggle, but it is dangerous to have friends like you–to be left stranded on the landing beaches of the Bay of Pigs.
Jun 23, 1986
I herewith report four new deferrals of budget authority totaling $46,424,273.
Jun 23, 1986
The United States must support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
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