Ronald Reagan

The world price has fallen 30 percent in 4 months in the face of a prospectively large world crop.

The victory of the Cinco de Mayo is remembered with great pride, for it testifies not only to the courage and patriotism of the Mexican people, but to the yearnings of citizens everywhere to live free of foreign domination.

The objective is to defend the domestic price support program by creating a market situation that will enable U.S. beet and cane producers to sell in the market rather than forfeiting their production to the Commodity Credit Corporation.

I find and declare that the imposition of the import fees hereinafter proclaimed is necessary.

The action is necessary to defend the domestic sugar support program mandated by Congress last year and prevent massive imports which could displace domestic sugar.

We will take action to ensure that our seniors receive the care they deserve.

I have today proclaimed an emergency import quota program to manage sugar imports into the U.S. market.

I welcome this opportunity to join with the government and citizens of Mexico and Americans of Mexican ancestry in commemorating Cinco de Mayo.

The quotas will be applied non-discriminatorily on an historical basis.

I agree that there is reason for such beliefs by the Secretary of Agriculture.

May 5, 1862, holds a very special place in the hearts of all who cherish freedom.

I am here under false pretenses.

Inflation in double digits, interest rates that had hit 21 1/2 percent, productivity down for the third year in a row.

Politicians are often tempted to forget that our Republic was founded on the common wisdom of the American people.

We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich.

We need more people like yourselves to make that vital difference to help in the struggle for the principles that we all believe in.

We offer the American people... hope - a way out and a way up.

Yes, we have a real record of accomplishment.

Dependency on government should never be looked on as a chance to build a political constituency.

We said those things, and we meant them.

I just told them what a great pleasure it was to be able to come in here and see them, visit with them.

I simply told them what a pleasure it was to come and be able to visit them here and how much I regretted any unpleasantness that they may have had, because there shouldn't be any place in our country for that sort of thing.

No, it's just characteristic still of some people, and I think they're a minority.

I thought maybe we might just call attention to how reprehensible something of this kind is.

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