Ronald Reagan: “I am dead set against raising taxes to do it.”

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.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

Yes, always has been.