Ronald Reagan: “America's unflagging sympathy for a determined people, its support for their refugees and commitment to achieving a…”

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.

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.

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

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.