Ronald Reagan: “Oh, I don't think it's still lily-white.”

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.

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.