Ronald Reagan: “The people of Afghanistan have, as much as any people in history, won the right to freedom and independence.”

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

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.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

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.