Ronald Reagan Quotes
I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.
Reagan, Ronald. "Remarks at Fallston High School in Fallston, Maryland." 4 Dec. 1985. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.