Ronald Reagan: “Today's court ruling has largely achieved this goal and marks a major step forward in making America an even more fair…”

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

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.

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

It was a message of peace.