Ronald Reagan: “Japan and America shoulder global responsibilities, but with every responsibility comes opportunity.”

We must remain strong and free of illusion.

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.