Ronald Reagan: “We thank and congratulate the crews of the two Soviet icebreakers who finally broke through to the whales.”

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

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

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

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