Ronald Reagan

Excellence—that's our goal, and we're going to get it!

Yes, the family is the bedrock of our nation, but it is also the engine that gives our country life.

To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report one revised deferral of budget authority now totaling $20,134,291.

I've been Commander in Chief for almost 8 years now.

Let us go forth then, you and I, to tell the American people what really is at stake: the fate of generations to come.

Well, let's just say I disagree with their position on things like that.

We look to the future and see a nation healthy, a nation strong, a nation at peace.

When they say they're tough on crime, don't you believe it.

When freedom was threatened, it was boys on this block who took off their baseball caps and put on their helmets and donned their country's uniform and went to war.

H.R. 3718 is also objectionable because it would permit the lowering of interest rates on the debentures of certain SBA-supported companies.

When they talk about a strong defense, I don't buy it.

Believe me, when you've had as much past as I have, you just love the future.

I had hoped that we'd mark the end of the dog-ate-my-homework era of congressional budgetry, but it was not to be.

America is back in space.

It is the policy of the Administration to place higher priority on funding the operation and maintenance of existing park units than on establishing new units.

Secrecy is essential to success in the intelligence activities upon which the Nation's security depends.

That generous spirit is what the citation program is all about.

You are America's good samaritans.

I strongly urge the Senate to schedule the drug bill for consideration forthwith to ensure that effective legislation to combat illegal drugs is enacted before Congress adjourns.

Your record of generosity and concern for others has been a matter of great pride to me.

White House Fellows will begin their appointments.

This year's Combined Federal Campaign, the last to begin during my term of office, offers Federal employees the opportunity to continue an unmatched record of generosity and to show our concern for the less fortunate in the United States…

I have signed the Act with the understanding that the extension of the restriction to all entities of the United States Government is not intended to, and does not, apply in a manner and to an extent that would conflict with my…

Today there are some 4,500 'C' flags waving across America.

It would conflict with the constitutional protection afforded the integrity and confidentiality of the internal deliberations of the Executive branch.