Ronald Reagan: “Things must be done for people neither because of nor in spite of any differences between us in race, ethnic origin, or…”

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 don't say that we're not prepared.

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.