Ronald Reagan: “Peace must be based on security.”

It was a message of peace.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

America is the shining city on the hill. Welcome all who enter to follow their dreams.

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.