Här följer några rader ur hans första tal som president 20 januari 1981.
Ur ”Installationstalet”
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”In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. ”
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Källa: American Rhetoric
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