Ronald Reagan: “What an insult it will be to what we are and whence we came if we do not rise up together in defiance against this…”

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.

America's freedom does not belong to just one nation.

This is a great day.

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.