Ronald Reagan

Spain's rededication to the values and purposes underlying the North Atlantic Treaty, and her decision to seek full partnership in the effort to maintain Western security, are historic developments and a source of inspiration in these…

Accordingly, I urge that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to this protocol.

To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of, 1974, I herewith report three new deferrals of budget authority totaling $1,758.3 million.

I just have to say there are some days in this job that are better than others, and this is one of those better days.

We are the most prosperous nation in the world with unequaled opportunities for individuals to enjoy the fruits of their labors.

Consumer education can help us make decisions that are right for ourselves and right for our economy.

An informed and educated consumer is vital to the long-term healthy growth of our economic system.

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.

Honest transactions in a free market between buyers and sellers are at the core of individual, community, and national economic growth.

Informed and educated consumers are our best hope for prosperity, efficiency, and integrity in the marketplace.

It's unconscionable that this could have been going on all these years.

The days of sensational, quick victories are mostly behind us.

There is a spirit of Solidarity abroad in the world today that no physical force can crush.

It's up to us to begin the long, hard process of making government once more the servant rather than the master of a proud and independent people.

What the American people are calling for is a return to our first sound principles.

Great results have never been achieved without great effort.

History shows that no government has ever voluntarily reduced itself in size.

Solidarity symbolizes the battle of real workers in a so-called workers' state to sustain the fundamental human and economic rights they began to win in Gdansk in 1980.

If I wasn't [optimistic] I'd never have left the ranch to come here in the first place.

What this recession proves is that what they've been doing for the last few decades hasn't worked and never will.

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

I hope my legacy will mean that we restore the balance between the levels of government.

The American people haven't lost faith in our cause.

The only thing that I can figure that might have happened there—and that wasn't very much of a down—you'll remember that there was a great-during the campaign—the great layoffs began in the steel industry and the automobile industry and so…

I'm counting on you and, what's more important, so are the American people.