Ronald Reagan

Designation is also significant because it is further tangible evidence of the constructive cooperation between the United States and the peoples and governments of the Caribbean Basin.

I believe that the birth of this Commission can serve as another milestone in our long struggle as a nation to assure that individuals are judged on the basis of their abilities, irrespective of race, sex, color, national origin, or…

Designation is an important step for these countries in their battle to revitalize and rebuild their weakened economies.

The Federal Government never spent money more wisely than by devoting it to general revenue sharing.

I have signed today H.R. 2230, establishing a new Commission on Civil Rights.

The Civil Rights Commission is, however, unique in form and function and should therefore not become a precedent for the creation of similar agencies in the future.

I know that Prime Minister Shamir shares with me the renewed conviction that the warm friendship between the United States and Israel will endure and strengthen.

The Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty remains the cornerstone of the peace process.

We have agreed on the need to increase our cooperation in areas where our interests coincide, particularly in the political and military area.

But disagreements between good friends do not alter the unique and sturdy foundation of our relationship.

We reaffirmed our commonly held goals of a sovereign, independent Lebanon free of all foreign forces, and of security for Israel's northern border.

The disabled want what all of us want: the opportunity to contribute to our communities, to use our creativity, and to go as far as our God-given talents will take us.

I do hereby proclaim the years 1983 through 1992 as the National Decade of Disabled Persons.

Whenever government puts welfare and charity before the opportunity for jobs, it misses the mark.

Paternalism is the wrong answer.

Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend.

Proclamations can summon good people to action and light the path of hope.

I believe we can make this dream come true.

We can only be dismayed at this Soviet statement.

We are determined to renew our efforts to entirely do away with the land-based, intermediate-range nuclear missile systems.

It is at sharp variance with the stated wish of the Soviet Union that an agreement be negotiated.

We continue to seek negotiations in good faith.

We must be ever mindful, however, of the sacrifices made by those men and women who have served in our Nation's armed forces in defense of those freedoms.

It is most fitting, therefore, that the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 283, has designated the week beginning November 6, 1983, as 'National Disabled Veterans Week.'

I think the evidence is very plain as to which country of the two is sincerely and honestly working toward a reduction of armaments.