General Assembly of the United Nations. Towards the end of his speech
to the Forty-second Session on September 21, 1987, the President said
that, "in our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget
how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some
outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond.


"I occasionally think," continued Reagan, "how quickly our differences
worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside
this world. And yet, I ask" -- here comes the clincher -- "is not an
alien force ALREADY among us?"

Joe