Ronald Reagan: “It is a pleasure for Nancy and me to extend greetings to Jews in this country and the world over as you join in…”

If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

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.

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.

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