Ronald Reagan: “The American people want this. They have a right to expect it.”

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

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

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

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.