Ronald Reagan: “And I'm delighted to salute you and all of your colleagues overseas.”

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

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

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

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.