Ronald Reagan

We revere shared values of democracy, personal freedom, human dignity, and the rule of law.

Austria is truly a nation of breathtaking beauty and noble history.

I consider your visit a celebration of our common bonds and our common purpose.

The bonds of true friendship can never be too many or too strong.

Your country's very existence as a free and independent nation proves what patient, persistent negotiations with the Soviets can produce.

We want to make certain that the understanding between our two peoples is passed on to the younger generation.

Austria is a shining example of compassion and courage.

I also ask that health care professionals, the communications industry, and all other interested persons and groups unite during this appointed time to reaffirm publicly our Nation's continuing commitment to control cancer.

I invite the Governors of the fifty States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the appropriate officials of all other areas under the United States flag to issue similar proclamations.

Our Federal system of sovereign States is today as vital to the preservation of freedom as it was in the time of Jefferson and Adams.

People are no longer looking to Washington to solve every problem.

Today that vision of our Founding Fathers of a federal system of States is as viable, if not more so, than at any time in our history.

Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom.

If ever there was a time for you, the good people of this country, to make your voices heard, to make the mighty power of your will the decisive force in the halls of Congress, that time is now.

The first amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny.

Private enterprise made America great.

We're determined to put a permanently manned space station into orbit and to do so within a decade.

With Elizabeth and her team in charge, private enterprises interested in space won’t see red tape; they'll see blue sky.

By working to expand our involvement in space, we'll enhance life on this beautiful blue and green globe called Earth.

We will continue to fight against discrimination wherever there are any vestiges of it remaining.

The Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Transportation, shall, in the name of the President of the United States, award the Purple Heart.

An average of 300,000 people a month have found jobs for the last 13 months.

America provides many opportunities for economic, social, and political participation.

I urge you to get involved, stay involved, and run for public office.

I intend to sign an Executive Order to extend the waiver of the application of the relevant export criterion of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act for an additional twelve months from March 10, 1984.