Ronald Reagan: “Let me just say again how grateful we are for your initiative and how important it is to build on your accomplishments.”

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.

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

We must remain strong and free of illusion.

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