Ronald Reagan: “Today, our sons and daughters know that peace.”

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 am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

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.

It was a message of peace.