Ronald Reagan: “Our relationship is a difficult and competitive one, with many problems confronting our two nations.”

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.

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

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

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