Ronald Reagan

Brazil's contributions in the discussions there in GATT were most impressive.

This legislation proposes an increase in highway user charges by 5 cents per gallon to help meet the needs of our deteriorating highway and transit systems.

I wish once again to affirm my commitment, and that of this Administration, to the search for a just and lasting solution to the problems of the people of Cyprus.

Democratic government has taken the initiative in addressing the economic, social, and political challenges facing the region.

We firmly support this trend, and through my trip, I hope to make that support clear and widely known.

I am delighted to be here in Brazil.

When our neighbors are in trouble, their troubles inevitably become ours.

This bill does not contain a Federalism turnback.

We're here on a working visit.

The Caribbean Basin Initiative is an integrated program of emergency financial aid, trade preferences, and investment incentives.

I am interested in strengthening the bilateral relationship, in reviewing areas where there have been problems, and in exploring new possibilities for bilateral cooperation.

Our trip is an opportunity to demonstrate firsthand our concern for our neighbors.

Your question suggests that the foreign policies of Brazil and the United States are in direct conflict.

On behalf of the people of the United States I bring you our good wishes and friendship.

We share a similar history, a similar form of government, and similar aspirations.

I proposed a growth agenda for the eighties to put us on solid footing once again.

Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government.

Democracy only requires that we work together to understand each other, that we listen to each other, and that we address our differences seriously with mutual respect.

I think the most prophetic point I made was the need for a clear and direct line of communication between us.

City hall, county seats, and State legislatures are the very laboratories of democracy.

You can't run away from a weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish.

The Federal Government will not turn its back on you.

I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate William Laurens Van Alen.

I have decided that we should move forward now with a program to repair the Nation's major highways and bridges.

I knew the need a year ago and asked him to wait for a year.