Ronald Reagan

If you really want glasnost, if you really want openness, tear down that wall!

A peace built on strength can and will endure.

We must never forget that arms reduction is not enough.

One must always negotiate with the Soviets from a position of strength.

Perhaps it is best symbolized by the Berlin Wall and the horrible barrier that cuts down the center of Europe, dividing nations, peoples, families.

The Western alliance remains a strong and unified guardian of the free world.

Prompt renewal of assistance to the resistance remains essential to advance the national security interests of the United States.

Without renewal of aid soon, the resistance will cease to provide the pressure necessary to ensure that the Sandinista regime honors its promises under the Guatemala accord of August 1987 and the San Jose Declaration of January 1988 to…

Appointment of Albert D. Wheelon as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

I ask the House of Representatives and the Senate to act swiftly to renew assistance to the freedom fighters.

I do hereby proclaim March 4, 1988, as Department of Commerce Day.

We seek a just and stable condition of peace in which the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states are respected and the rights of all individuals, including their right of political choice, are protected.

If we do not sustain the Nicaraguan Resistance, we face the prospect of a consolidated Marxist-Leninist regime on the American mainland.

The North Atlantic alliance is the most successful in history.

Arms control is an integral part of our security policy.

I call on the House and Senate to act urgently to develop an aid package which is effectively deliverable and of sufficient quantity to sustain the Nicaraguan freedom fighters.

We cannot and will not put our peace and freedom, and that of our children and their children, at risk.

Our fundamental purpose is to prevent war while preserving and extending the frontiers of freedom.

The alliance is the most dynamic force for improvement of East-West relations.

I have said in the past and continue to maintain that our aid must be sufficient to sustain the Resistance in the field.

I am more confident than ever, after these 2 days of meetings, that the alliance remains on the right path.

The proposal would alter the delivery arrangements to DOD responsibility, a notion which I am not prepared to accept.

We are confident that the principles and purposes of our Alliance remain valid today and for the future.

The state of the alliance is excellent.

The most direct threat to our security and to stability in Europe lies in the Soviet Union's massive military presence.