Ronald Reagan

NATO did not, as you noted, decide to station new weapons in Europe on its own initiative.

Nothing is a better influence on America than the strength and decency of the Hispanic family.

This administration recognizes it and that the days when your role in our country was taken for granted are over.

I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate Susan E. Phillips to be Director of the Institute of Museum Services.

The dedication to principles of loyalty, patriotism, strong religious faith and devotion to family displayed by Hispanic Americans is basic to the American way of life.

Once we put our minds to it, there's nothing Americans cannot accomplish if the Federal Government will just get out of the way.

Well, there's been some growing up in this country in the last few years, and people are discovering that those basic values we hold so dear are stronger than the fads that make a big splash one day and evaporate the next.

We must not delay making the necessary changes in the law to encourage the creation and development of new technology.

It is Soviet intransigence that is blocking progress.

We can repulse by maintaining our common defense and resolutely promoting our democratic ideals.

We also made it clear that if it proved impossible to achieve a satisfactory arms agreement, we would take the steps necessary to protect our security by proceeding with the missile deployments.

The promise of the financial reward provided by exclusive rights to intellectual property induces individuals to compete to create and develop new and useful technologies.

Hispanic Americans have played an important role in the development of our rich cultural heritage.

In this spirit, I ask all of our citizens to reflect on the sense of brotherhood that binds us together as one people.

One of the most important goals of my Administration has been to revitalize the competitiveness and productivity of American industry.

I reaffirmed this to Ambassador Nitze prior to his return to Geneva for the current round of negotiations, which we are earnestly pursuing, despite the Korean airline tragedy.

Just as their forefathers sought a dream in the New World, Hispanic Americans have realized their dreams in our great Nation.

The National Productivity and Innovation Act of 1983 will enhance this country's productivity and the competitiveness of U.S. industries in international markets.

The introduction of this highly accurate and lethal missile system threatened to break the security link between the United States and our European Allies.

I intend to nominate Terry Calvani to be a Federal Trade Commissioner.

I assure you that I am deeply committed to seeking every possibility for peace, in Europe and throughout the world.

We are still the same people who conquered a wilderness and turned it into a dynamo of freedom and abundance.

A delay in our deployments would only encourage the Soviets to believe that NATO's resolve was faltering.

Let us rededicate ourselves to preserving their legacy so that we can bequeath to our grandchildren an America blessed with the opportunities and freedoms we enjoy.

A grandchild looks up to his grandparents with respect and admiration while grandparents view their grandchildren with great pride.