Ronald Reagan: “I do hereby proclaim Sunday, October 9, 1983 as Leif Erikson Day.”

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.

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.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.