Ronald Reagan: “Nancy and I have lost a dear friend of many years today, and America has lost one of her finest artists.”

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

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.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

We have walked a long way together to clear a path for peace.