Ronald Reagan: “Our people want us to be a force for good in the world.”

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.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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.

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.