Today new opportunities are opening as the people of the free world are brought closer together by technology and the elimination of political barriers to commerce.

I don't think it's up to us to dictate the settlement in the Middle East.

It is time for the North to eschew violence and get down to the serious business of resuming dialog with Seoul.

Well, we are trying to and will continue to try to.

Our message to the people of Nicaragua tonight is the same as it has been for the past 7 years: freedom based on true democratic principles.

I urge the Congress to act promptly and favorably upon this legislative proposal.

We do not distrust each other because we're armed; we're armed because we distrust each other.

We must stick with the strategy of strength and dialog that has kept the peace.

In the end, it is these qualities that will ensure that freedom endures in this generation and in every generation to come.

Your commitment to the quality of our military capability and the well-being of our men and women in uniform has been undivided.

The Atlantic alliance is the guardian of Europe's greatest legacy to the ages—human freedom and democratic rule.

Our goal is not a nuclear-free or a tank-free or an army-free Europe but a war-free Europe.

An attack on you is an attack on us.

Peace has been the alliance's goal.

It is with regret that I accept your resignation as Secretary of the Navy, effective February 22, 1988.

I transmit herewith the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.

That is why responsible Federal spending and taxing policies—policies that foster growth and expand opportunity for all our citizens—are so important.

Being mindful of the suffering that comes with unemployment, that last figure is a matter of particular pride for me.