Ronald Reagan

The quest for excellence that I envision is not just a legislative package, although legislation will play a part.

That's one heck of a finish.

This Administration is interested in exploring with the Congress and industry representatives measures that will provide more incentives for American business to advance in research and technological development.

Every judge that I appoint serves under the Constitution, not above it.

This is the true essence of sportsmanship—what has taken place here.

The measures taken pursuant to this Order are intended solely as a response to those actions.

Too often, judges have reinterpreted the Constitution and have made law enforcement a game.

I herewith report six deferrals of budget authority totaling $96,285,288.

I do hereby proclaim November 1987 as National Hospice Month.

Good luck, champs, and God bless you all.

I also wish to point out that section 2 of the act, which requires payment of special allowances to certain nonphysician psychologists in the Public Health Service, is unnecessary since the agency is not experiencing any recruitment or…

I do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 25, 1987, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.

This important program has helped Federal agencies recruit and retain badly needed physicians by bringing their salaries closer to those available in the private sector.

Nothing in this provision is intended to bring physicians currently employed in the VA or the PHS within the coverage of the pay comparability allowance program.

I pledge that in these meetings on the budget deficit the administration will do just that.

I urge Congress to work quickly with us to set year-by-year deficit reduction targets.

Federal action limiting the Policy-making discretion of the States should be taken only where constitutional authority for the action is clear and certain.

Federalism is rooted in the knowledge that our political liberties are best assured by limiting the size and scope of the national government.

The nature of our constitutional system encourages a healthy diversity in the public policies adopted by the people of the several States according to their own conditions, needs, and desires.

Let me emphasize that we are taking these economic measures only after repeated but unsuccessful attempts to reduce tensions with Iran.

The measures I am initiating are a direct result of the Iranian Government's own actions, including its unprovoked attacks on U.S. forces and U.S. merchant vessels.

In Thomas Jefferson's words, the States are 'the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies.'

When national standards are required, consult with appropriate officials and organizations representing the States in developing those standards.

These measures will remain in place so long as Iran persists in its aggressive disregard for the most fundamental norms of international conduct.

The people of the States created the national government when they delegated to it those enumerated governmental powers relating to matters beyond the competence of the individual States.