Ronald Reagan: “I am pleased to transmit to the Congress...”

America's freedom does not belong to just one nation.

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.

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

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