Ronald Reagan: “Yes, we must take our stand without apology.”

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.

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.

We have walked a long way together to clear a path for peace.

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.