Ronald Reagan: “Today I announced my intention to nominate Joan D. Aikens.”

It was a message of peace.

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.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

America is the shining city on the hill. Welcome all who enter to follow their dreams.