Ronald Reagan: “I am today announcing my intention to suspend a portion of the sanctions I placed on Japanese products last April.”

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

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.

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

We have walked a long way together to clear a path for peace.