Ronald Reagan: “I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint William M. Taylor to the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.”

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

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

We must and will dedicate ourselves as a Nation to continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world.

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.