Ronald Reagan

The American people and I have been shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of President and Mrs. Jaime Roldos Aguilera and the Minister of Defense and his wife, Major General and Mrs. Marco Subia Martinez.

I intend to nominate Rex E. Lee to be Solicitor General of the United States.

The nomination of these judges is a significant step in strengthening the judiciary.

Poland must be allowed to solve its problems peacefully and without external interference.

I will report to the German Parliament Tuesday next week on how much did we agree on very difficult matters in worldwide politics.

The amount of mutual understanding you can measure by the secret which I'm going to disclose right now.

We have been in agreement on the various issues that confront us.

The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is unacceptable.

I think we've established a cordial relationship and a friendship that bodes very well for the future and for the West.

We share values about the importance of liberty.

Our economic policies should be as closely allied as our defense policies.

Make yourself at home.

It is clear that the half-actions of the past are no longer sufficient for the future.

We have come to rely on one another in times of calm and in times of crisis.

The United States is proud to stand beside you as your beacon shines brightly from that cliff of freedom.

The Social Security System is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

We must hold down the tax burden on the workers who support Social Security.

America's revolutionary gift to the world is the idea that individual freedom is the inalienable right granted by God to all of us as a birthright.

I'm still not getting used to the fact that in my own house, somebody has to tell me whether I can come in a room or not.

Your public service work has provided an indispensable source of communication between our Government and the American people.

As you've probably suspected, I'm a great believer in this spirit of voluntary service, cooperation of the private and community initiatives.

Letting government handle it, as it has done, has done to our economy just about what Mrs. O'Leary's cow did to the city of Chicago.

The ultimate objective in everything that we're trying to do is to give this economy back to the American people, where it belongs.

There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family.

Our fathers bear an awesome responsibility-one that they shoulder willingly and fulfill with a love that asks no recompense.