Ronald Reagan: “I'm confident we have the will and the ability to overcome these challenges.”

I don't say that we're not prepared.

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.

Yes, always has been.