02/28/1988
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I pledge to you our goal is to keep America strong, to save the West from nuclear terror, to make ballistic missiles obsolete."
"Well, we threw that sign away and now it reads, 'Don't Tread on Me.'"
"You send Dan Quayle back there so that we've got a Republican Senate for 2 more years, and I'll be happy."
"America used to wear a 'Kick Me' sign around its neck. We threw that sign away, and now it reads, 'Don't Tread on Me.'"