Ronald Reagan: “Mrs. Reagan and I want to express our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims.”

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.

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

We must remain strong and free of illusion.

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.