Ronald Reagan: “We will never again allow the United States of America to let down its guard.”

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

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.