Ronald Reagan

If our men are fired on, our men are going to shoot back.

We will expect an answer by 4 o'clock.

We are proud of all of you, and while there may be some people who think that the uniform is associated with violence, you are the peacemakers.

We are not going to endanger the checks that are going to those people dependent on social security.

Yes, I want to help, here and every place that I can.

There's no greater gift that you can give to your family, your community, or your country than the protection that you afford all of them by this job that you're doing.

We're going to make sure to the best of our ability that your pay is fair and that you have the equipment that is needed to do the job right.

Now we've got to make it work.

I once was a Democrat and that all these years, you see, I've been a subversive agent in the Republican Party.

I want to say how proud you have made all of us.

This is somewhat different.

That we're determined, that we are going to close that window of vulnerability that has existed for some time with regard to our defensive capability.

You are ensuring peace just by doing what you're doing, because any potential enemy has to see that the price of aggression is just more than he might want to pay.

I hereby designate September 13, 1981, as 'Commodore John Barry Day'.

It isn't a step backward at all. It's a step forward toward ending this round that we've had of the excessive interest, of the excessive inflation.

This ship represents a powerful force in an uncertain world.

The Commission shall submit a final report to the President no later than September 21, 1981.

Our country's greatest resource is its children; their education is our investment in the future.

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 115 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, it is hereby ordered as follows.

I call upon all Americans to recognize and contribute to the imperative of providing safe transportation for our schoolchildren.

This represents $130 billion in savings over the next 3 years.

This represents $750 billion in tax cuts over the next 5 years.

All who treasure freedom and human dignity should never accept nor take for granted this lethal barrier to freedom that stands today in the heart of Europe.

What can the world think of leaders who fear that their own people will flee their homeland at the first opportunity?

What can the world think of rulers who must build prison walls around their own nation?