Government Exists To Create And Preserve Conditions

I Am Determined To Seek Self-sufficiency In Energy As An Urgent National Priority. My Goal Is To Make America Independent Of Foreign Energy Sources By 1985.

My Fellow Americans, Our Long National Nightmare Is Over. Our Constitution Works; Our Great Republic Is A Government Of Laws And Not Of Men. Here The People Rule. But There Is A Higher Power, By Whatever Name We Honor Him, Who Ordains Not Only Righteousness But Love, Not Only Justice But Mercy.

We . . . Declared Our Independence 200 Years Ago, And We Are Not About To Lose It Now To Paper Shufflers And Computers.

When A Man Is Asked To Make A Speech, The First Thing He Has To Decide Is What To Say.

The Veto Is A President's Constitutional Right, Given To Him By The Drafters Of The Constitution Because They Wanted It As A Checkagainst Irresponsible Congressional Action. The Veto Forces Congress To Take Another Look At Legislation That Has Been Passed. I Think This Is A Responsible Tool For A President Of The United States, And I Have Sought To Use It Responsibly.