Ronald Reagan: “I'm looking forward to this.”

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

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

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.