Ronald Reagan: “Americans can be proud of our tradition of helping others in need.”

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

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'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

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.