Ronald Reagan

I've asked Congress for significant assistance levels for Africa.

I think if they reverse this decision to sell, they are literally doing away with our ability to continue to try to bring peace to the Middle East.

I believe these talks have laid a foundation for expanding cooperation.

We seek the closest of ties with the nations of Africa.

The United States and Kenya have an impressive list of cooperation—or history, I should say—of cooperation and good relations.

I have today signed into law H.R. 2120, the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981.

We share common interests and values, a belief in the democratic form of government, a belief in the free market processes.

This act is a marketplace solution designed to provide product manufacturers, distributors, and sellers with affordable product liability insurance.

I'm not going to take the blame.

In short, the act is a good example of how the Federal Government can resolve a nationwide problem without creating additional programs or agencies.

We'll discover that everything will be all right as long as we talk to each other instead of about each other.

There are programs that are being abused by people.

Our heritage of individual liberty is dependent on the rule of law.

We've made strong, encouraging progress on all four fronts.

Wisdom is the quality we look for most in our judges.

I believe we've chosen a path that leads to an America at work, to fiscal sanity, to lower taxes, and less inflation.

Our government must return to the tradition of living within our means and must do it now.

It also endorsed a new political status in which the three Micronesian Governments would enter into relationships of free association with the United States.

The political status of free association is distinguishable both from independence and from an extension of United States sovereignty; under it, plenary defense rights and responsibilities would remain vested in the United States.

We can try to run from it, but we can't hide.

I can not and will not stand by and see financial hardship imposed on the more than 36 million senior citizens.

Government's first responsibility is national security, and we're determined to meet that responsibility.

We're launching a nationwide effort to encourage our citizens to join with us in finding where need exists.

Law alone can give us freedom.

Let there be no mistake: We have no choice but to continue down the road toward a balanced budget.