Ronald Reagan: “It is also a time when we are reminded of the depth of our Nation's inheritance from that tradition.”

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.

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.

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.