Ronald Reagan

This program is not an end in itself.

There are few people on this planet whose hearts burn more with a flame of freedom than do the Irish.

Our development program takes this into account; it will encourage progress in the beneficiary countries.

Bringing down the Federal deficit cannot take priority over the security of the United States.

The time is long overdue for honest men and women at all levels of government to begin a dialog about reversing this power flow.

Oklahoma's State motto, 'Labor Conquers All Things,' is right on target.

Given the resources and flexibility, the State and local governments can more efficiently handle programs that have rightfully belonged under their authority all along.

Those who claim the spirit that built America is dead are mistaken.

We must go beyond a freeze.

There will always be room for improvement in any budget or economic policy, but we must have a budget.

And I know here that you will agree with me that standing up for America also means standing up for the God, who has so blessed our land.

Your future is yours to shape, not just endure.

The solution is as obvious as it is urgent: Reduce government's share of the gross national product by slowing the growth of spending.

They did it the old-fashioned way—they earned it.

We will return government to the governed.

Our Federal Union: it must be preserved.

The greatness of America and the solutions to her problems begin here with your people—not in Washington, D.C.

America has given us so much, but now it is she who needs us.

We will hold fast to the guarantees of equal justice and opportunity for all Americans.

We must strive to balance the budget, of course, but not at the cost of our freedom.

Our greatness comes from the kind of character found in the people who made their homes in the hills and fields of Tennessee.

If we stand together and live up to these principles, we will not fail.

The budget monster has been raging out of control.

Would you not agree that we have strayed much too far from that noble beginning?

Just as St. Patrick lit the fire of faith in Ireland centuries ago, so, more recently, has the Statue of Liberty's torch of freedom ignited the spirit of liberty in his countrymen.