Ronald Reagan: “I am proud to announce my intention to nominate C. Everett Koop to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.”

This is a great day.

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.

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

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