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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.

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Oct 3, 1988

Our policy of taking power away from the Federal Government and returning it to State and local authorities has been a smashing success.

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Oct 3, 1988

Changes to the legal immigration system should be undertaken in a comprehensive, as opposed to piecemeal, fashion.

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Oct 3, 1988

Our pleasure at his release is tempered by the knowledge that nine innocent Americans are among those still held hostage in Lebanon.

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Oct 3, 1988

When you step back and look at it, it's been quite a couple of months.

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Oct 3, 1988

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

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Oct 3, 1988

During Minority Enterprise Development Week, and throughout the year, we can all be deeply thankful for the economic freedom that enables all American business men and women to seek their vision of a better future for themselves.

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Oct 3, 1988

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

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Oct 3, 1988

You can teach them the ability to see that the future is contained within the present.

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

I reiterated my strong confidence in the U.N. Secretary General.

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Oct 2, 1988

Columbus remains an inspiration for them and for all Americans, and a source of comity between the peoples of Italy and the United States.

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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Oct 2, 1988

Generations of Americans recall the lines of Joaquin Miller's poem, 'Columbus': 'Now speak, brave Adm'r'l, speak and say'—He said: 'Sail on! sail on! and on!'

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Oct 2, 1988

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

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