Ronald Reagan: “The way to end hostilities in El Salvador, for example, is through free elections.”

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

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

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.

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.