Ronald Reagan: “I urge all other elected and appointed officials to join in this effort to make our justice system more helpful to those…”

This is a great day.

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.

I don't say that we're not prepared.

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