Ronald Reagan

The bottom line is quite straightforward: America needs small business formation and growth.

I believe the business community's been milked and shot at long enough.

Small business plays a key role in the U.S. economy.

Our program provides real help for the small business community.

Small businesses will benefit from the general individual tax rate reductions and the indexing of tax brackets after 1984.

These concrete manifestations of good relations between the people of the United States and China are not only in the interests of the two countries; They enhance the prospects for peace and stability throughout the Asia-Pacific region…

On behalf of the American people, I extend the hand of friendship and warmest wishes to the government and people of China on this historic anniversary.

It is appropriate for me, at this time, to reaffirm the positions agreed to by both sides in the Shanghai Communiqué and the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the United States of America and the…

Our bilateral ties now encompass trade, banking, maritime affairs, civil aviation, agriculture, educational and scientific exchange, technology transfer and many other fields.

I wish you success as you begin your deliberations.

I can think of no more important domestic problem requiring resolution than restoring the integrity of Social Security.

I have determined that it is in the national interest to terminate the increased rates of duty currently in effect on imports of certain mushrooms.

Every American, of every age, has an important stake in the success of your work.

The Nation will be watching with great interest the work and progress of the National Commission on Social Security Reform.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Title V of the Trade Act of 1974, and as President of the United States of America, in order to make technical corrections…

Peace Corps serves as a bridge between cultures and nations.

The United States will receive needed bauxite for our strategic stockpile.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Section 205(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486(a)), in order to…

These dairy products are part of the agriculture barter aspects of this bauxite procurement.

This program, developed during the first year of the Reagan administration, is directly supportive of United States policy toward the Caribbean Basin.

The agreement will benefit both countries as it stimulates the growth of Jamaica's private sector.

We must help, because the people of the Caribbean and Central America are in a fundamental sense fellow Americans.

A nation cannot be liberated by depriving its people of liberty.

The well-being and security of our neighbors in this region are in our own vital interest.

Today we celebrate this 40th anniversary of an institution that has given hope to the citizens of those Communist regimes and all the victims of tyranny.