 The president of the United States and Mrs. Reagan Thank you very much. Thank you. And thank you very much you much for that Jersey youth You know I play guard right guard that is Well Governor Duke Major and Senator Wilson All of you. Thank you very much It's it's great to be in San Diego my good luck city Someone pointed out as we were coming over that this is the last rally of my election campaign there's And four years ago of this particular day. It was also right here in this same place that we had that rally But there's so much to do and to plan for it these past few months have really been something We took our campaign out to the country We journeyed to the bright grid of the cities and the suburbs of the east and we went to the broad avenues of the Sun Belt We talked to form farmers outside Des Moines and families in the shopping malls On a whistle-stop tour and Harry Truman's old train. I Went across Ohio and saw the people of that state spill out waving flags We've been to university and college campuses all across the country And we saw a dazzling new generation coming to life with an honest love for America and Had a had a chance to talk to them about what our country is and can be and through them I think we touched the future It's been a wonderful journey and one thing I know The heart of America is bigger and stronger than ever the people are together with the ties that bind Faith and family and loyalty to a heritage. Those are the ties that still bind we We stand together we Americans and we're holding each other's hands and we're walking into the future with pride in each other and a great faith and I wanted to say so many times to so many of those crowds To the people that would be just standing on the road as you drove by on your way Perhaps to a rally or a meeting of this kind and they'd be holding up signs and they'd have flanks And I wanted many times to be able to stop and say thank you for how easy you're making it for an old campaigner But now I have stopped so I can't say it to you the people of my beloved, California This this is the most important election in this nation in 50 years And if we're to win it We must win more than the presidency We need a Congress that will tell Tip O'Neill that his days of obstructing the progressive legislation He's bottled up a great many bills that are necessary for the betterment of our country in the house of representatives you know just the other day Bob Hope was with us and Bob said that I got my exercise by jogging three times around Tip O'Neill Well, I can find something else to jog around So I won't miss him a bit We've we must solidify the gains that we've made in these past four years And that's why I'm asking all of you to spread the word and get to the polls and reelect your fine Republican congressman We need we need congressman Duncan Hunter in the house to keep This will make sure that our military especially our Navy is second to none We need congressman Bill Lowry He fought hard to secure for San Diego a share of the high-tech jobs that are created in the last four years And we need congressman Ron Packard He's a former school board member who sits on the Education and Labor Committee and who knows education from the classroom up They're all fighting for excellence for economic growth and for an America of pride and power And I don't want to go back there alone. Please send them back there with us You know Abe Lincoln said we must disenthrall ourselves with the past and then we will save our country Well four years ago. That's what we did We made a great turn we got out from under the thrall of a government Which we had hoped would make our lives better, but which wound up trying to live our lives for us We learned to navigate on fixed principles Freedom was our North Star common sense our constellations We knew that economic freedom meant Paying less of the American family's earnings to government So we cut personal income tax rates 25% and those people in this campaign who have been saying that we did it for particular and special group They don't know what they're talking about. We did it for everybody even Steven across the board We knew that inflation the quiet thief was stealing our future We knew that our national military defense had been weakened So we decided to rebuild and be strong again and be prepared for peace And now America is back a giant on the scene powerful in its renewed spirit Powerful in its growing economy and powerful in its ability to defend itself and secure the peace And do you know something you know something? That's not debatable At four years after our efforts began Small voices in the night are sounding the call to go back Go back to the days of drift the days of torpor, timidity and taxes Haha The young man down in front here told me don't put us on the fritz not me But you know My opponent's understanding of economics is well demonstrated by his predictions Now just before we took office He said of our economic program that it is Obviously murderously inflationary and that was just before we lowered inflation from above 12 percent down to four And just after our tax cuts He said the most he could see was an anemic recovery And that was right before the United States economy created more than six million new jobs in 21 months And the last 18 months 900,000 new businesses have been incorporated in America But my opponent my opponent said that decontrol of oil prices would cost you 36 billion dollars Well, one of the first things we did was decontrol oil prices and the price of gasoline went down 8 cents a gallon Now I finally figured it out But all we need to do to get an absolutely perfect economy is persuade him to predict absolute disaster He says he cares about the middle class But he boasts quote I have consistently supported legislation time after time Which increases taxes on my own constituents? Doesn't that make you just want to be one of his constituents? He's no doubt proud of the fact that as a United States senator he voted 16 times to increase your taxes But this year he's outdone himself. We know of course that he's promised to raise your taxes But if he's to keep all the promises that he's made in this campaign He will have to raise taxes by the equivalent of $1,890 for every household in the United States That pro rates out to more than a hundred and fifty dollars a month That's like a second mortgage a Mondale mortgage Now his economic plan has two basic parts First the one is to raise your taxes And the second part is to raise them again And I got news for him The American people don't want his tax increases and they're not going to get his tax increases You know If If I just told I just told some people just north of here who were saying that a little while ago that If the capital were in California I'd go for 40 If my opponents campaign Were a television show It would be let's make a deal You trade your prosperity for that surprise he's got hidden behind a curtain And if his campaign were a Broadway show it would be promises promises And if it were a book a novel you would have to read it from the back to the front to get a happy ending He sees in America in which every day is tax day april 15 Well, we see in America in which every day is independence day the fourth of july Now we want to we want to lower your taxes more We want to bring them down for everyone in this country So that your families will be stronger the economy will be stronger and america will be stronger On another subject i'm proud to say that in these last four years Not one square inch of territory any place in the world has been lost to communist aggression You know the united states is more secure than we were four years ago But my opponent sees a different world After the soviets invaded afghanistan he said quote it just baffles me Why the soviets these last few years have behaved as they have But then then there's so much that baffles him One year ago we liberated granada from communist who had taken over that country And my opponent called what we did a violation of international law That erodes our moral authority to criticize the soviets There is nothing immoral About rescuing american students whose lives were in danger But let me try to put this in perspective The 1984 election isn't just a partisan contest I was a democrat for a large part of my life And its leaders in those days weren't members of the blame of america first crowd its leaders were men like harry truman the late senator scoop jackson John f kennedy men who understood the challenges of the times They didn't reserve all their indignation for america They knew the difference between freedom and tyranny And they stood up for one and they damned the other I hope and i'm feel sure from other rallies like this across the country There must be many of you out there Who are democrats as there are all over america democrats who can no longer follow the policies of the leadership of that party and I Say to all of you You are not alone Come walk with us down the new path of hope and opportunity And we can have a bipartisan effort in the finest tradition of this country That will keep this country secure and prosperous and free Now I'm willing Last month An american woman made history catherine sullivan walked in space And then having done that She returned to a shuttle in which some of the great scientific and medical advances of the future will be made Cures for diabetes and heart disease May be possible up there in space where we can't make them here on earth I have seen evidence of experiments already conducted that indicate that this is more than a possibility Advances in technology and communication but my opponent In the united states senate led the fight against the entire shuttle program and called it a horrible waste Well, we support the space shuttle and we've committed america to meet a great new challenge And that is to build a permanently manned space station And to do it within a decade What america needs is high tech not high taxes I've probably been going on too long here. It's beginning to I like all right But the but the point is We were right when we made our great turn in 1980 We were right to take command of the ship to stop its aimless drift and to get moving again And we were right when we stopped sending out sos in every direction and started calling usa You know, the united states was never meant to be a second best nation And like our olympic athletes, we set our sights on the stars and we're going for the gold If america could bring down inflation from 12.4 percent to four Then we can bring it down further from four to zero point zero and we're going to do that If lowering your tax rates led to the best expansion in 30 years and it did Then we can lower them again and keep america growing right into the 21st century If we could create 6 million new jobs in 21 months Then we can make it possible for every american young and old black or white who wants a job to find a job in this country Local governments if they can establish enterprise zones to create economic growth These are zones in which you use tax incentives and go into distressed areas whether rural or inner city And you bring in stimulate business and investment and get jobs to the people there who haven't had them for a long time Well, we've done that to a certain extent at many local levels But we have a national bill to do that a program nationwide And for more than two years It has been buried in a committee in the house of representatives Under the direction of tip o'neill and we need that out on the floor to help our people We're leading a revolution in technology pushing back the frontiers of space I've always believed and I believe now more than ever If we give american workers the tools they need They can out compete out sell Out produce any other workers any place in the world anytime Our drive to restore excellence in education Reversed a 20 year decline in the scholastic aptitude test scores Well, we're going to keep raising those scores and restore american academic excellence second to none Our crackdown on crime Produced the sharpest drop in the history of the crime index last year We're going to keep cracking down until you and your families and your friends can walk our city streets without being afraid We've reversed the decline in our military defenses and restored respect for america And we're going to keep this nation strong To protect freedom and peace for us for our children and for our children's children And in this city where you so often see Those in uniform in our military I just have to tell you of all the things i've been proud of in this job Nothing has made me more proud than the magnificent young men and women who are in the uniform of our military service And if we make sure that america remains strong and prepared for peace Then we can begin to reduce nuclear weapons and one day banish them from the earth entirely My opponent has been talking about a nuclear freeze And now and then in a kind of an unfriendly way some people shove signs in my face nuclear freeze well When we can reduce soviet and american weapons down to an equal and verifiable limit that there is no disadvantage to us Yes, then we'll have a nuclear freeze And as we strengthen our economy Strengthen our security and strengthen the values that bind us America will become a nation even greater in its standard of living in its art in its learning And greater in the love and worship of the god who made us and who has blessed us as no other people have ever been blessed Now a couple of weeks ago I ran out of time on the debate I didn't get to finish what i set out to say I'm gonna say it here And to many of you if you'll forgive me this is directed To our young people who are here with us today You are what this election is all about you and your future I've seen you all over this country on campuses as I said earlier in universities and in high schools and Out in rallies such as this your generation really sparkles Your Your idealism and love of country are unsurpassed Now my generation And there were several more between mine and yours All of us or most of us Grew up in an america where we took it for granted That we could dream and make our dreams come true fly as high and far as our ability and effort would take us Then we came to a time not too long ago when people began telling us that those days were over That we were in an era of limits That there was a ceiling and we never again could have things quite as good as they had been Well, don't you believe it My generation and those other generations I mentioned We have a sacred trust and we're going to fill that trust And that is to see that when the time comes to turn the reins over to you We're going to turn over to you a country that is free in a world that is at peace All of us together are just part of a great revolution and it's a revolution that's only just begun America will never go give up will never go back never We were born to be a special place between the two great oceans With a unique mission to carry freedoms message To a tired disillusioned world We have always been a light of hope where all things are possible And and throughout my life. Thank you I have seen I've seen in my lifetime America do the impossible. I do too We We survived when I was a young man a great depression a worldwide depression the toppled governments in many parts of the world but not ours We came back from pearl harbor to win the greatest military victory in the history of the world And in a single lifetime my lifetime We have gone from the horse and buggy to landing astronauts on the moon as a people We have fought harder paid a higher price Done more to advance the freedom and dignity of man than any other people on earth ours Ours is the land of the free because it's the home of the brave And our future will always be great because our nation will be strong and our nation will be strong because our people are free And our people will be free because We're united one people under god with liberty and justice for all here We are about to end the 1984 campaign And I want to tell you having stood here as I said four years ago at this particular point Same point in that campaign I'm deeply honored that you made the decision four years ago and Allowed me to serve you for these past four years Nancy Nancy and I Nancy and I will be forever grateful to all of you, but much remains to be done We must continue to build on the new beginning that we started four years ago So I've come here asking for your vote asking for your support but All right But also Also, I don't want to be sent back there alone These other people I mentioned up here the incumbent office holders members of the house the candidates Send them back there with us so that as a team we can carry on And now just one last request One last request don't don't read the polls Uh Don't get complacent I the last time I looked at mount rushmore president dewey's face wasn't up there The We need every vote so make up your mind your vote is needed get out there and vote get your neighbors to vote Go to the polls tomorrow Our best days are yet to come And now for the last time in the campaign that I can say it Because I know it drives a certain candidate up the wall I'm going to say it and that is You ain't seen nothing yet for spacious For From sea to Shining sea Shining sea From sea to Shining sea Shining sea