Ronald Reagan: “It remains a vital and timely symbol of U.S. security commitments in the Middle East.”

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

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.

Each of us can give young people the good example of reading ourselves.

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.