Ronald Reagan: “We must always be strong so that we're prepared for peace.”

I can't be late for my luncheon.

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.

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.

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