Ronald Reagan: “Tell them that America stands for better than that and that you expect them to stand for America.”

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

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

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 have walked a long way together to clear a path for peace.