Ronald Reagan: “Keep America upward bound, on the move; keep her always that shining city, that inspiration, that 'last best hope' to…”

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

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