Ronald Reagan

By sustaining the veto, the House has once again reaffirmed America's commitment to the free market and free international trade.

The American people are beginning to understand that in all these ways the liberal leadership has been saying 'no' to rank-and-file Democrats.

Programs do not belong to bureaucrats, and they do not belong to politicians.

I urge the Senate to pass a responsible drug bill.

The Federal Government is so large and its mandate so very broad that when programs are instituted, flexibility and ability to adapt to local circumstances are very limited.

The two visa allocation programs would impose significant costs on the Federal government.

Further H.R. 1417 would go beyond the requirements of the Torture Convention.

I am most grateful for what I've heard.

I think it's time for Congress to go home.

I urge all Americans and interested groups to observe this week with appropriate programs and activities.

I hereby designate Afghans returning to and resettling in Afghanistan and Afghans internally displaced within Afghanistan as persons qualifying for assistance under Section 2(b)(2) of the Act.

I hope that welcome was for Christopher Columbus.

Columbus Day is an American holiday.

It would also include consumer rights of action in the Lanham Act with far-reaching implications.

No other nation in the world has done more to preserve and improve its natural environment.

That's what happens when you reach my age.

Today, nearly 500 years after his epochal discoveries, Columbus remains for us a giant of exploration and of the human spirit.

H.R. 5410 would make capital more costly in the United States, cutting into economic growth and new jobs.

1992 will mark the 500th anniversary of his sailing.

I've said if all the young people of the world could get to know each other, there'd never be another war.

The qualities Columbus exhibited so well have always made him a kindred soul to pioneering and individualistic Americans.

We have been actively encouraging resumption of a meaningful negotiating process.

We will continue to support strongly the effort to achieve a settlement of this tragic conflict.

I commend and urge all governors, mayors, other public officials, leaders in business and labor, and private citizens to continue to help meet the challenge of ensuring equal employment opportunities and full citizenship rights and…

I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, October 10, 1988, as Columbus Day.