Ronald Reagan: “This simply is not tolerable in the face of triple-digit deficits, and I cannot endorse these unwarranted spending…”

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.

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

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

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