Ronald Reagan: “This development 40 years ago forever changed the world and our perceptions of the consequences of conflict.”

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

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.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.