Ronald Reagan

It contrasts dramatically with the Soviet proposal which would merely preserve an existing Soviet advantage that is dangerous to the West.

Your record in rebalancing our federal system is unmatched by that of any other President in our nation's history.

I am deeply encouraged by the report that the Vice President has given me.

The objectives of the Combined Federal Campaign are to lessen the burdens of government and of local communities in meeting needs of human health and welfare.

Mr. Franke is currently serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

I think our stubbornness—if you want to call it that—will quite literally pay off for every American in the years ahead.

We do not seek agreements for their own sake; we seek them to build international security and stability.

The safety net is intact and is providing for those people that have real need.

Arms control must be an instrument of, and not a substitute for, a coherent security policy aimed in the first instance at the Soviet advantage in the most destabilizing class of weapons—ballistic missiles and, especially, intercontinental…

We still have a long way to go, but we've turned the corner and are moving forward.

Arms control agreements must include effective means of verification.

I've always believed in the marketplace, and this confirmed it, because the price of oil has gone down.

A half a loaf is better than none.

Agreements must be based on the principle of equality of rights and limits.

Well, I think it would have an effect either way.

Defense spending is not the cause of our economic problems.

We must seek agreements that involve substantial and militarily significant reductions on both sides.

I never made that remark to an audience that I did not get—in many cases, a standing ovation.

Africans recognize both the special development needs and the great potential of Africa.

We're painfully aware that Africa's economic development is encountering difficult obstacles.

Housing starts are up, permits are up, new home sales are up 75 percent since April of last year.

The United States has always taken a farsighted view to assist the growth of developing nations.

I think the fact that it had come down to that and left that other lower average is something that we can focus on as offering a little hope here.

The United States of America hereby subscribes to 1,491 shares of the paid-up capital stock of the African Development Bank.

One of the great pleasures of this office is that I often have a chance to do something unabashedly positive in nature.