Ronald Reagan: “Tonight we mark not only the visit of a friend, but also we celebrate a nation's return to democracy.”

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

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

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

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.