Ronald Reagan

“ We must also continue to strive for public policies, educational reforms, and conditions of economic growth and opportunity that help meet every child's material needs-that break the cycle of poverty and foster health, prosperity, and progress for our kids, families, communities, and Nation. ”

“ Not all children are blessed with loving, affirming, and understanding parents. Many youngsters suffer the effects of permissiveness, lack of guidance, drug and alcohol abuse, and absence of religious faith. ”

“ We have also sought to give them a realization of their God-given individual worth and dignity, the liberty that is their due as Americans and human beings, and the reverence, thanks, and obedience we owe the Almighty for making us His children. ”

“ Children are gifts from God, the Bible tells us, and that is what America's parents through the centuries have known their youngsters to be. We have sought to give our children-our kids-love and well-being in the present and hope and opportunity for the future. ”

“ Fortunately, remedies for these ills do exist, and families and concerned citizens are doing all they can to guarantee a future of promise and fulfillment for their own children and for all our kids. We owe our gratitude and cooperation to those who encourage us to give our children the spiritual as well as material sustenance we all need. ”