Ronald Reagan: “I know there's a special feeling that we share when we push the button lighting up that tree.”

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've only heard the same as you've heard: that he has been suggesting doing something of this kind.

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

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.