Ronald Reagan: “No; frankly, I was simply responding to their vast propaganda effort that would try to discount our legitimate proposal…”

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

I can't be late for my luncheon.

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.

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.