Ronald Reagan: “I'm proud to be here honoring citizens whose passion for liberty is second to none.”

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.

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.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

Tyranny fails. Freedom works.