Ronald Reagan: “If you vote yes, you'll show the Soviets that America today is united and resolute and, thereby, advance the cause of…”

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

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.

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

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.