Ronald Reagan: “Remember that back at the time the ideals of our nation emerged, it was composed overwhelmingly of men and women who…”

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.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.