If I spoke no English, my world would be limited to the Japanese-speaking community, and no matter how talented I was, I could never do business, seek employment or take part in public affairs outside that community.

The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us.

Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.

There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom.

The United States is enriched by many cultures, and united by a single common language.

America is an open society, more open than any other in the world. People of every race, of every color, of every culture are welcomed here to create a new life for themselves and their families. And what do these people who enter into the American mainstream have in common? English, our shared common language.

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.