Ronald Reagan: “The ability of private enterprise to enrich our heritage so effectively provides us with daily evidence of the cultural…”

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.

If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

This is a great day.

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.