Ronald Reagan: “Americans didn't accept the idea that our best days were behind us, and neither did the Republican Party.”

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

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

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

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.