Ronald Reagan: “And I do feel badly; I certainly take no joy out of this.”

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 do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.