US Presidency
1978

You can help give it that chance ' by using your influence. Business and labor must know that you will not tolerate irresponsible price and wage increases. Your elected officials must know how you feel as they make difficult choices. Too often the only voices they hear are those of special interests, supporting their own narrow cause. If you want Government officials to cut inflation, you have to make sure that they hear your voice. I have heard you with unmistakable clarity. Nearly 40 years ago, when the world watched to see whether his nation would survive, Winston Churchill defied those who thought Britain would fall to the Nazi threat. Churchill replied by asking his countrymen, What kind of people do they think we are? There are those today who say that a free economy can not cope with inflation and that we've lost our ability to act as a nation rather than as a collection of special interests. And I reply, What kind of people do they think we are?