Ronald Reagan

The legislation will provide to all of our men and women in uniform a richly deserved average increase of 14.3 percent in basic pay.

The arts are a bridge to our better selves.

Building a free society is every bit as perplexing and at times threatening as the struggle that faced el Cid.

You have the admiration and respect of the American people, and you honor us with your visit.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you and Queen Sophia to the United States.

Spain has a wise and courageous chief of state, whose leadership in developing his country's democratic institutions has earned the world's profound respect.

May they live in peace and freedom benefiting such a great people.

We applaud the sensible path toward political liberty that you've chosen.

I hope you and your gracious Queen will soon return to our shores.

I have determined not to disapprove the Board's decision.

I don't think it's necessary for us to.

I can assure you that we have no intention of any Americans engaging in combat.

There's never been any refusal, only until they will recognize Israel's right to exist as a nation, which they still have never done.

Well, someone else would buy the oil and finance his activities, and so we wouldn't be gaining anything there.

The proposed acquisition has led many to express concern about future levels of air service to Pacific islands.

I think that that's called for, yes.

I oppose that exemption, no matter how well intended.

I'm going to sign the proclamation now, but as I sign it, I am commemorating not only the great navigator and explorer, Christopher Columbus, but those who centuries later followed him to the New World and helped make this the great nation…

I do hereby proclaim the week of October 18 through October 24, 1981, as National Forest Products Week.

Let me read the citation and present the medal to each recipient who will then, we hope, say a few words to us.

The names of those who have received this honor are stars in the American sky.

I also direct that the flag of the United States of America be displayed on all public buildings on the appointed day in memory of Christopher Columbus.

Columbus is symbolic of the millions of Italians who have come to the New World since its discovery.

We're adding the names of Charles (Tex) Thornton, a man whose energy and enterprise are symbolic of America herself.

I remain concerned that our important Federal regulatory review processes not be overlooked in this instance.