Ronald Reagan: “It is vital that all member nations do their part in pursuit of this goal.”

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

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

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.