Ronald Reagan: “There, the son of Danish immigrants, Gutzon Borglum, immortalized in granite the faces of Washington, Jefferson…”

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

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.

We have walked a long way together to clear a path for peace.

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.