Ronald Reagan: “Well, we know that there are a few other nations—some allies of ours—that have some nuclear weapons.”

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

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

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.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.