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.
Jul 12, 1985
I am able to resume the discharge of the Constitutional powers and duties of the Office of the President of the United States.
Jul 12, 1985
Yes, I hope we will one day develop a security shield that destroys weapons, not people.
Jul 12, 1985
SDI, our Strategic Defense Initiative, could prove crucial to guarding security and peace for America and her allies.
Jul 12, 1985
I have determined and it is my intention and direction that Vice President George Bush shall discharge those powers and duties in my stead.
Jul 12, 1985
I will tell him the United States not only has the right to go forward with research for a strategic missile defense, but in light of the scale of their program we'd be the greatest fools on Earth not to do so.
Jul 11, 1985
Mr. Lett is currently serving at the Department of Agriculture as Executive Assistant to the Secretary.
Jul 11, 1985
Today I am proud to announce my intention to appoint George Deukmejian to the Council.
Jul 8, 1985
I think that government itself created the bulk of the farm problems with programs that were well-intentioned.
Jul 8, 1985
This is a time to forget the 1986 election and partisan differences, that we've got a job to do.
Jul 8, 1985
Together, Republicans and Democrats must make genuine cuts in domestic spending.
Jul 8, 1985
More than two-thirds of our people who don't deduct, who don't itemize on their bills, they get no benefit from that deduction at all.
Jul 8, 1985
Maybe it has to do with our early history as a nation of farmers, but when we Americans see a problem, we solve it.
Jul 8, 1985
We can't just shove everything aside and say only the budget and the tax plan are all we're talking about.
Jul 8, 1985
Our tax code has become in a fundamental sense un-American, and I mean that as a serious, moral, and economic assertion.
Jul 7, 1985
America is still a symbol to a few, a symbol that is feared and hated, but to more, many millions more, a symbol that is loved.
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