Ronald Reagan: “Freedom brings people of diverse backgrounds together as friends.”

Naturally, I heartily approve.

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

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.

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.