Ronald Reagan: “I feel confident that reason will prevail over politics.”

We must and will dedicate ourselves as a Nation to continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world.

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.