Ronald Reagan: “Some recommendations can be acted upon without congressional approval, and under Secretary Weinberger's leadership this…”

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.

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.

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.

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