Ronald Reagan: “God bless you all, and thank you for all that you've been doing.”

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.

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

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.