Ronald Reagan: “Everything that you and I and George Bush have worked for these last 8 years could be lost faster than you can say gun…”

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.

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.

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

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