Ronald Reagan

Let us have the intelligence to sit down at a table and negotiate our problems before we destroy the world.

Let us have the wisdom never to repeat that policy.

Together there is nothing that Japan and America cannot do.

I expressed confidence that the United States can be a reliable long-term supplier of energy, particularly coal, to Japan.

Americans appreciate the energy and hard work of the Japanese.

We are committed to greater future cooperation across a broad spectrum of political, economic, security, educational, culture, and scientific affairs.

We both believe that every person deserves to be listened to, so we give all of our citizens a voice in government.

Mr. Russell is currently senior fellow and director, Center for Energy Policy Research, Resources for the Future, in Washington, D.C.

Democratic freedoms, we both know, make a nation not only noble but dynamic.

Protectionism hurts everyone, but free trade benefits all.

We're not only major trading partners; we're also cooperating in a host of international and political endeavors to strengthen peace and increase prosperity beyond our own borders.

Japan and America are separated by thousands of miles of ocean, different languages, and different cultures, yet in our robust trade—we've found a way to help each other create abundance.

I have come as a friend of Japan seeking to strengthen our partnership for peace, prosperity, and progress.

Today it's the democracies—especially Japan and America—that are leading a high-tech revolution that promises to change life on Earth even more profoundly than did the industrial revolution of a century ago.

We agreed on the urgency of achieving consensus on comprehensive international safeguards to prevent the spread of nuclear weaponry.

Let the flower of our friendship be never ending.

The true division in the world today is not between east and west, but between progress and stagnation, between freedom and oppression, between hope and despair.

Together we have no greater responsibility than to make our world a safer place.

America does have trade problems with Japan, and we seek the cooperation of your government so we can solve them together.

Both Japan and America share this view, and we both know that the happiness of the world depends on liberty.

My visit to your country has reaffirmed my confidence in the future of our relations.

The United States remains convinced that the most important contribution Japan can make toward the peace and security in Asia is for Japan to provide for its own defense.

Dr. Goldstein is currently professor and chairman of the department of environmental and community medicine.

We must set milestones to monitor the success of our agenda for progress and to assure the follow-through that is essential.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.