Ronald Reagan: “I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint Jean J. Smoot as a member of the Board of Foreign Scholarships.”

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

It was a message of peace.