English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life.

We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in scholastic grades or golf scores. One is often tempted to say that conflict, rather than cooperation, is the great governing principle of human life.

The United States, a land of immigrants from every corner of the world, has been strengthened and unified because its newcomers have historically chosen ultimately to forgo their native language for the English language. We have all benefited from the sharing of ideas, of cultures and beliefs, made possible by a common language. We have all enriched each other.

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.

McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor.

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