PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES Ronald Reagan PLURIBUS UNUM 1987 (IN TWO BOOKS) BOOK I-JANUARY 1 TO JULY 3, 1987 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Foreword The year 1987 was a year of conversations that led to remarkable conclusions. The United States and its allies met for an economic summit in Venice and agreed that the future of economic freedom lies in trade that is both open and fair. To that end, we completed negotiations with our neighbor Canada on a breathtaking venture into international free trade. We renewed our longstanding commitment to excellence in our schools and the promotion of the peerless Western values that we must transmit to our children if our society is to prosper and grow. Our efforts to give our children a better future contributed to a new atmosphere in this nation-an attitude toward the use of illegal drugs that was summed up in three simple but powerful words: “just say no." In this assertion of public morality, we may have seen the most important development of the year. Ronald Reagan |