Ronald Reagan: “We are not looking for an agreement for its own sake.”

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

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

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

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.