Ronald Reagan

Your trip here, despite the cancellation of the parade, is still very worthwhile and important.

We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might.

Let us resolve that we, the people, will build an American opportunity society in which all of us will go forward together.

Today we can rejoice that more and more people on Earth are moving toward democracy.

Believe me, we had professional medical advice in making that decision.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

Lincoln said over a hundred years ago, 'The last, best hope of man on Earth.'

We are deeply grateful for the enthusiasm and patriotism which has been the hallmark of so many persons from all 50 States who have given so much to make this Inaugural a success.

I have this evening accepted the recommendation of the Committee for the 50th American Presidential Inaugural to cancel the Inaugural Parade.

None of the members of the Task Group may be an employee of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy.

I have asked three highly capable Americans to be the head negotiators of each of three groups making up the U.S. delegation to the negotiations on nuclear and space arms.

I am pleased that these distinguished Americans have agreed to serve in these positions of great importance to the United States.

The world owes a tremendous and eternal debt to this great man.

Yes. They've never done anything else.

We are prepared to discuss the problems which divide us, and to work for practical, fair solutions on the basis of mutual compromise.

No, and how that story has been concocted or what it's based on, I don't know.

Raoul Wallenberg's friends were any and all who suffered injustice.

In the depths of the horrors of World War II, Raoul Wallenberg was one shining light of inspiration, upholding the honor of the human race.

We will also consider new regulations, but only when there is no practical alternative, and when we are certain that doing so will result in a clear and beneficial improvement in safety.

We give special emphasis to an issue of central concern to the NATO alliance—the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear forces in Western Europe.

Michael would snap, and in the picture that resulted, nothing would matter but the individual—the way he or she stood, the way they held their hands, the look on his or her face.

Tonight we will enjoy these pictures; future generations will treasure them.

Legal acceptance of abortion imperils this cherished tradition.

In the words of George Will, 'Representative governments are, well, awfully representative...'

It was a pleasure to have Prime Minister Martens, Foreign Minister Tindemans, and all the official party here.