Bigger government is not the answer to our economic problems.

I have recommended that we increase the tax paid by the employees as well as the employer.

I think that is the best way under our system to convince Members of Congress that we must change our defense spending to go from a downward trend to an upward trend, as I have proposed.

America and the world need the moral and spiritual values which you offer.

As long as the inflation rate is going down, which it is-when I took office it was over 12 percent per year, it is now down in the range of 5 3/4 percent to 6 percent.

Government can't be managed that way either.

I have always campaigned on my own record.

I think our foreign policy is moving forward constructively.

I don't see it coming as a voluntary program.

Your involvement in our Nation's spiritual and political life is also important.

I think it is one of the best programs the Federal Government does in seeking to aid State and local units of government.

I believe that you have to hold people accountable, and I am fully willing to assume that responsibility.

Let me say, at least I believe so, it takes some experience in government and an intimate understanding of the Congress and our government institutions to take the courses that we have taken.

We don't discuss the politics of it.

We ought to provide, under Medicare, catastrophic insurance.

We have tested our institutions and found them very strong.

We intend to keep it that way.

That is a serious matter because approximately 1.8 to 2 million new job applicants come into the labor market every year and they primarily come from high schools and colleges.

I think we have set a very firm and a very steady course toward recovery, and we have stuck to it.

Yes, family farms will benefit. Small business will benefit.

Our economy was in bad shape and, unfortunately, getting worse.

We will continue to maintain our diplomatic leadership in seeking constructive and cooperative solutions beyond our national borders.

We must never threaten this vital educational resource.

I think it is harmful to quality education, and I think there are some recent studies that prove that.

One of those lessons that we learned is that bigger budgets and bigger government are not the magic answers to every problem that faces us as a nation.