Ronald Reagan: “For too long the American people have been told that they are relieved of responsibility for helping their fellow man…”

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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.

We must remain strong and free of illusion.