Ronald Reagan

I think America wants tax fairness and wants it now.

When we speak up, people speak up.

When terrorism strikes, civilization itself is under attack; no nation is immune.

It's time we pulled our money out of the tax shelters and invested it in America's future.

None of us, any country, can afford to pay off terrorists for the crimes that they're committing because that will only lead to more crimes.

I don't think anything that attempts to get people back who have been kidnaped by thugs and murderers and barbarians is wrong to do.

Right is right, and fair is fair, and it's time for all of us to put on our American citizen hats and do the right thing for America.

I am superstitious. I never talk about a no-hitter if you're pitching one.

Our tax system is a disgrace. It is unworthy of us.

In other words, our fair share plan is also a progrowth tax plan.

And finally, for the first time, I think it's within reach.

Lower tax rates, doubling the personal exemption, an end to loopholes—it all adds up to fairness, more growth, more jobs, and renewed hope for our future.

The nomination of J. Winston Porter to be Assistant Administrator is an important step for our environmental efforts.

What I am against is the unfair tax system that allows them to take perfectly legal deductions.

One man's loophole is another man's noose.

I call on all Americans to join in honoring all former American prisoners of war, those still missing, and their families who have endured and still suffer extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of this country.

We can make the system more equitable and dramatically lower marginal tax rates without a loss in revenue.

Today I announced my intention to nominate Charles A. Trabandt to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint General B.A. Schriever to the National Commission on Space.

Your task is greater than that because with the facts, you must impart the values that give them meaning and context—our most sacred values of human dignity and the worth of the individual.

For the lucky one who does go up in the shuttle, I have only one assignment: Take notes.

You'll be the emissary to the next generation of American heroes.

I do hereby proclaim the week of June 23 through June 29, 1985, as Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.

Our horizons are not our limits, only new frontiers to be explored.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950.