Ronald Reagan: “Let me read the citation and present the medal to each recipient who will then, we hope, say a few words to us.”

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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.

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.