Ronald Reagan: “I want it clearly understood today that if we fall to meet this obligation, then history will hold us fully accountable…”

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.

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.

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.

We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.