Ronald Reagan: “We're not going backward. We're heading forward toward the future.”

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

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.

It was a message of peace.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.