Ronald Reagan: “It is at sharp variance with the stated wish of the Soviet Union that an agreement be negotiated.”

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

This is a great day.

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.