George H.W. Bush

Freedom brings the opportunity to succeed and, yes, the risk of failure.

I would wait and let Secretary Baker answer that question after this next meeting.

START will have a duration of 15 years, unless it is superseded by a subsequent agreement.

As entrepreneurs and businessmen and risk-takers, you really do hold a key to the future prosperity of the Soviet Union.

And yes, I couldn't agree more about the productive nature of the talks, the enhancement of mutual understanding.

The treaty that we sign today is a most complicated one -- the most complicated of contracts governing the most serious of concerns.

We agreed here to tackle the next challenge -- furthering economic reform in the U.S.S.R., and seeking to integrate the Soviet economy into the international system.

START makes that a reality.

I am satisfied with the fact that political dialog is developing in this way once in this hall.

By reducing arms, we reverse a half-century of steadily growing strategic arsenals.

In the light of continuing the discussion which we had in London, within the framework of my meeting at the G - 7, we spoke also about this subject as well.

This treaty marks the first agreement between the two countries in which the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons will actually be reduced.

Enactment of H.R. 3040 would be inconsistent with such policies and would deter employment growth.

Our cooperation ensured the international isolation of Saddam Hussein.

We stand with you in your historic struggle for democracy and reform.

America stands with the forces of freedom and reform wherever they are found.

Together, our two nations must overcome a half-century of mistrust to seize this moment and build a lasting peace.

We must not see the positive progress that we have made threatened or thrown in doubt.

Let this Moscow summit definitively mark the end of what all of us would agree has been an era of mistrust, and let it mark a new beginning for our two nations.

President Yeltsin's visit to the United States was a big hit;

We've been looking forward to this visit.

I come here on a state visit to the Soviet Union, but I also come to discover a rapidly changing country.

We view this visit as a very positive step in the overall relationship between the United States and Russia;

The Government of Iraq continues to engage in activities inimical to stability in the Middle East and hostile to U.S. interests in the region.

I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply economic pressure to the Government of Iraq.