Ronald Reagan: “We've closed the books on a long, dark period of failure and self-doubt and set a new course.”

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

It was a message of peace.