Ronald Reagan: “Our goal is not just to live in peace with the Soviet Union but that all mankind live in freedom.”

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

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.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.