Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.

A drastic reduction in the deficit...will take place in the fiscal year '82.

In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

The purpose of America is to unleash the full talent and genius of every individual.

The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.