Ronald Reagan: “I am today approving H.R. 4801, but I do so with serious reservations.”

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

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.