When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people.


Ronald Reagan (ed. 1991)


When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States....

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States....

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States....

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States....