Ronald Reagan: “If the history books are honest, they'll say the Soviets did business because they knew we meant business.”

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.

I don't say that we're not prepared.

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