Ronald Reagan

I have directed the Secretaries of Treasury and State to take action to place an embargo on all U.S. imports from Iran.

In the absence of clear constitutional or statutory authority, the presumption of sovereignty should rest with the individual States.

Acts of the national government that exceed the enumerated powers of that government under the Constitution violate the principle of federalism established by the Framers.

The United States accepts the Iranian revolution as a fact and respects the right of the Iranian people to choose any government that they wish.

She would succeed Samuel DuBois Cook.

I'm proud that since 1913 my party has reduced taxes 10 times and increased them only once.

The American economy is sound and strong.

Far from reducing the amount of money the Federal Government collected in tax revenues, over the long run, those collections actually increased due to the economic activity sparked by the tax cuts.

We certainly will not be pushed into sacrificing essential interests just to have a meeting.

My next nominee for the Court will share Judge Bork's belief in judicial restraint: that a judge is bound by the Constitution to interpret laws, not make them.

The highest Court in our land will not enjoy the services of one of the finest men ever put forward for a place on its bench.

I am saddened and disappointed that the Senate has bowed today to a campaign of political pressure and has turned down the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

This is the kind of jurist the American people want on the Supreme Court.

God bless you all, and thank you very much.

The administration has no objection to enactment of H.R. 3479.

I think that this was a long-overdue correction.

The administration supports enactment of H.R. 3483.

The administration fully supports completion of land acquisition under the National Park Service's general management plan for the Women's Rights National Historical Park.

Well, bless you all, and I'm going to get her upstairs now.

I don't see it as leading to a war or anything else.

It's important that we understand what is happening and that a calm, sound response be the course we follow.

I have not changed my opinion about ever accepting a tax that will have a deleterious effect on the economy.

The administration has no objection to enactment of H.R. 3457.

The administration opposes H.R. 17.

The cumbersome advisory commission and the $2.5 million appropriations authorization contained in H.R. 17, therefore, are neither needed nor warranted.