Ronald Reagan

I believe our challenge is to marshal the power of this country's best minds and create the technology that will restore America's economic leadership.

Let's make it our national goal to achieve 100 percent collection from the absent, neglectful parents.

I call upon all government agencies and the people of the United States to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

Slack enforcement of child support payments will never be tolerated.

A parent's obligation to a child is one which must not be abrogated.

We want parents who are deadbeats to pay up and deliver on their responsibilities.

I am confident that the close relations between our two countries, based on shared interests and perceptions, will advance the cause of peace and development in Africa.

The Commission will be chaired by John Young.

Today I announced my intention to nominate Robert E. Lamb to be an Assistant Secretary of State.

This visit has permitted the President and me to reaffirm our common desire for peace and stability in Africa.

I expressed our admiration for President Mobutu's courageous action in sending troops to assist the Government of Chad in its struggle against Libyan-backed rebels.

I, personally, am going to read that stack of readouts.

And we have an old saying in America; it's called Murphy's Law.

I believe if it wasn't for women, us men would still be walking around in skin suits carrying clubs.

Now, get over to the Oval Office and go to work.

We hope we'll have another opportunity to make good on what should have happened yesterday.

With the cornerstones of our economic program in place, it's time to shine the limelight on another mammoth challenge.

Together, we can do it.

Inflation, which had hit double digits when we took office, is running at the lowest annual rate in more than 15 years—2.6 percent for the last 12 months.

America's economic pulse is getting stronger and steadier every day.

No child, senior citizen, deserted mother or invalid should have to go hungry in America.

If even one American child is forced to go to bed hungry at night, or if one senior citizen is denied the dignity of proper nutrition, that is a national tragedy.

America is literally the breadbasket of the world.

We came here vowing to rein in the unwieldy Federal bureaucracy and get this government running as honestly and efficiently as any successful American business.

There's not a lot of glory in our task, but I'm determined that, when this administration leaves the stage, the American people will have a Federal Government that operates in a businesslike manner.