Ronald Reagan: “I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate activities to find and implement ways…”

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.

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

The pursuit of peace is, of course, always in season.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.