Gerald Ford actually said...

"Both countries recognize that cooperative relations between the United States and Japan under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security constitute an important and durable element in the evolution..."

"The United States and Japan have developed a close and mutually beneficial relationship based on the principle of equality."

"We must try to apply the enduring values of the past to the challenges and to the pressures of our times."

"It has been a period of enlightenment for me."