Ronald Reagan: “The United States has heard the appeal for justice voiced by South Africans who suffer under apartheid rule.”

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.

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

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.