US Presidency
1980

If they are serious about these promises, and they say they are, then a close analysis shows that the entire rest of the Government would have to be abolished, everything from education to farm programs, from the G. I. bill to the night watchman at the Lincoln Memorial, and their budget would still be in the red. The only alternative would be to build more printing presses to print cheap money. Either way, the American people lose. But the American people will not stand for it. The Democratic Party has always embodied the hope of our people for justice, opportunity, and a better life, and we've worked in every way possible to strengthen the American family, to encourage self reliance, and to follow the Old Testament admonition: Defend the poor and the fatherless; give justice to the afflicted and needy.