Ronald Reagan

We are trying to get back to government in its proper place.

This administration intends to restore tribal governments to their rightful place among the governments of this nation and to enable tribal governments, along with State and local governments, to resume control over their own affairs.

This administration honors the commitment this nation made in 1970 and 1975 to strengthen tribal governments and lessen Federal control over tribal governmental affairs.

This administration believes that responsibilities and resources should be restored to the governments which are closest to the people served.

Our policy is to reaffirm dealing with Indian tribes on a government-to-government basis and to pursue the policy of self-government for Indian tribes without threatening termination.

It is important to the concept of self-government that tribes reduce their dependence on Federal funds by providing a greater percentage of the cost of their self-government.

Until someone can prove the unborn child is not a life, shouldn't we give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is?

I, too, have always believed that God's greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

I believe that schoolchildren deserve the same right to pray that's enjoyed by the Congress and chaplains and troops in our armed services.

The public expression through prayer of our faith in God is a fundamental part of our American heritage and a privilege which should not be excluded from our schools.

We have no higher priority, and we will spare no effort where the peace and security of our nation and of the world are concerned.

The idea is that the only defense you have is a deterrent, that you can say to the other fellow with some conviction, 'If you do that, you're going to have a lot of trouble, yourself.'

His vision and leadership are great national assets, and we'll certainly continue to draw on them.

Self-determination is a viable option for the eighties.

Certainly he has been one of the finest, most skillful majority leaders of this century.

I am determined to explore every possibility for equitable agreements to reduce the arsenals and the risks of war.

Senator Baker's retirement will be a great loss to America.

Peace, of course, is a goal for all of us.

We have three teams negotiating for disarmament with the Soviet Union in Geneva, Switzerland.

Our proposals for massive reductions in strategic arsenals deserve the support of all who seek genuine arms reductions.

I think that the people on welfare would want nothing better than to be off welfare.

I, Ronald Reagan, do hereby proclaim the year commencing on January 1, 1983, as the Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America.

Our budget will be fair, realistic, and will pave the way for a strong, sustained recovery.

Peace is the highest aspiration of the American people.

We've begun to undo the damage that the overtaxing, overspending, overregulating binge of the sixties and seventies inflicted on the American way of life.