Ronald Reagan: “The most important question now before us is whether we have the will and determination to hold our course.”

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.

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.

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.