Ronald Reagan: “When terrorism strikes, civilization itself is under attack; no nation is immune.”

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.

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

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