Ronald Reagan

Our society is based on the right of working people to be full sharers in the abundance which is the result of their brain and brawn and the civilization of which they are the founders and the mainstay.

What can be the scope of legitimate and mutual discourse with a state whose values permit such atrocities?

What can we think of a regime that so broadly trumpets its vision of peace and global disarmament and yet so callously and quickly commits a terrorist act to sacrifice the lives of innocent human beings?

What could be said about Soviet credibility when they so flagrantly lie about such a heinous act?

The brutality of this act should not be compounded through silence or the cynical distortion of the evidence now at hand.

And what are we to make of a regime which establishes one set of standards for itself and another for the rest of humankind?

Our prayers are with them in this time of bereavement.

Mrs. Reagan and I want to express our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims.

The United States joins with other members of the international community in demanding a full explanation for this appalling and wanton misdeed.

I will make every effort to get to the bottom of this tragedy.

I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.

Indeed, the whole incident appears to be inexplicable to civilized people everywhere.

I have ordered the flags of the United States flown at half staff at all Federal installations and U.S. military bases around the world.

Words can scarcely express our revulsion at this horrifying act of violence.

I speak for all Americans and for the people everywhere who cherish civilized values in protesting the Soviet attack on an unarmed civilian passenger plane.

On behalf of all our people, I want to thank you all for your courage, your commitment to space research.

Good flying and a happy landing on Labor Day here, here in the USA.

Every one of these launches of the shuttle is a spectacular and a noteworthy event, but this one has certainly its share of firsts.

Attached is my report describing the agencies and units of agencies to be excluded and the reasons therefor.

We're all looking forward to another successful mission and to your safe landing here in California.

Upon proper application from the heads of affected agencies and upon recommendation of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, I have, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5401(b)(2)(B), excluded three agencies and units of agencies from…

You have an especially warm place in my heart.

Appoint the following individuals to be members of the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education

I believe that the continued presence of these U.S. forces in Lebanon is essential to the objective of helping to restore the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and political independence of Lebanon.

The Constitution provides a framework for our continuous striving to make a better America.