Quotes

Reagan on Inflation, and America

“There is a new spirit building -- of optimism and hope for America's future.”

November 6, 1982

“There is a new spirit building -- of optimism and hope for America's future. The severe problems which have been neglected for years and which caused unemployment to trend steadily higher -- problems of runaway spending, taxing, double-digit inflation, and skyhigh interest rates -- are now being attacked at their roots”

— Radio Address to the Nation on the Congressional Agenda and the Economy