We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause… - Ronald Reagan

I have flown twice over Mount St. Helens. I'm not a scientist and I don't know the figures, but I have a suspicion that one little mountain out there, in these last several months, has probably released more sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere than has been released in the last ten years of automobile driving or things of that kind.

For more than five years, I'd made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy — for one thing, the Soviet leaders kept dying on me.

For more than five years, I’d made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy — for one thing, the Soviet leaders kept dying on me.