Ronald Reagan: “Innumerable Americans have preserved the peace by manning our defenses through the years.”

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

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

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.

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.