Ronald Reagan: “I am pleased to send you proposed legislation of critical importance to every American.”

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

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.

America is the shining city on the hill. Welcome all who enter to follow their dreams.