Ronald Reagan: “I have never believed that... I was only talking facts as to what would be the inevitable result.”

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

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.

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.