Ronald Reagan: “We will cooperate with the Palauan Government, but ultimately it is an issue for the Palauans to decide.”

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 walked a long way together to clear a path for peace.

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.

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.