Ronald Reagan: “I would fly halfway around the world for the honor of meeting with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.”

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.

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

We must remain strong and free of illusion.