Ronald Reagan: “We revere shared values of democracy, personal freedom, human dignity, and the rule of law.”

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

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

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.

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