Ronald Reagan: “Well, I say that that's a very distorted picture.”

I can't be late for my luncheon.

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

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