Ronald Reagan: “I'll tell him that his government and his people have nothing to fear from the United States.”

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

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.

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

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