Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.

If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.

Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom after speech and freedom after gathering."

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.