Ronald Reagan

I'm delighted to turn it over.

This is a national security issue, an issue on which we must act not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans.

We are asking only to be permitted to switch a small part of our present defense budget to the defense of our own southern frontier.

How can such a small country pose such a great threat?

I have only 3 years left to serve my country; 3 years to carry out the responsibilities you entrusted to me.

Now we must make our decision.

This danger will not go away; it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now.

By now the truth about negotiating with the Nicaragua Communists must be abundantly clear.

We've tried again and again.

Democracy—this is all the freedom fighters ask.

The time has come for Congress to give the freedom fighters what they need for their struggle for democracy to succeed.

I have often said that the tide of the future is a freedom tide.

A foreign policy that ignored the fate of millions around the world who seek freedom would be a betrayal of our national heritage.

The prospects for such a future... seem brighter than they have been in many years.

I think all of us—or some of us—can still remember Lend Lease and the destroyers and so forth on their way across the ocean.

Our aim is not to increase the dangers to which regional states friendly to us are exposed, but to reduce them.

If you care—I know—if you care, we'll win. And if we don't care, we'll lose. It's that simple.

Help us get this across to the Congress.

Madison eloquently expressed the guarantees in the Bill of Rights, in particular in the freedoms of religion, speech, and of the press protected by the First Amendment.

So, on this St. Patrick's Day, let's celebrate a rich heritage and a deep friendship, and let's resolve to keep doing so 'while grass grows green in Erin.'

Ron Lehman has achieved the rank of major in the United States Army Reserve.

Our shared commitment to democratic values, liberty and freedom binds us closely as we work together to build a world in which these values will flourish.

These men aren't fighting the Sandinistas because they're Somozistas. They're fighting the Sandinistas because they're patriots; they're fighting for the only true revolutionary idea of the latter part of the 20th century, and that is…

A fundamental principle of our Government is that a well-informed citizenry can take part in the important decisions that set the present and future course of the Nation.

Our stake in resolving regional conflicts can be simply stated: greater freedom for others means greater peace and security for ourselves.