
America's freedom does not belong to just one nation.
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America's freedom does not belong to just one nation.

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

The Palestinian Liberation Organization must live up to its statements.

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.

We must and will dedicate ourselves as a Nation to continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world.