US Presidency
1992

We said, Just stand up for freedom. Now the cold war is over, and they claim, Hey, we were with you all the way. . You know, their behavior reminds me of the old con man's advice to the new kid. He said, Son, if you're being run out of town, just get out in front and make it look like a parade. Well, make no mistake: The demise of communism wasn't a sure thing. It took the strong leadership of Presidents from both parties, including Republicans like Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Without their vision and the support of the American people, the Soviet Union would be a strong superpower today, and we'd be facing a nuclear threat tonight. My opponents say I spend too much time on foreign policy, as if it didn't matter that schoolchildren once hid under their desks in drills to prepare for nuclear war. I saw the chance to rid our children's dreams of the nuclear nightmare, and I did.