State of the State

Excerpts from Ronald Reagan’s January 9, 1974 State of the State address on energy:

• “Where energy needs conflict with environmental goals, we must strike a reasonable balance.”

• “The energy problem is a crisis now. But it can be an historic opportunity to free America forever of dependence on unstable foreign oil that can be turned on and off at will, by those who would use world commerce for economic blackmail and coercion.”

• “If we can put a man on the moon, we can find ways to heat and light our homes and industries.”