Ronald Reagan: “I encourage all Americans and government officials at every level to celebrate this week with appropriate ceremonies and…”

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.

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

It was a message of peace.

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.