We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.
Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing for today?' Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.
There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
The arts, instead of quaking along the periphery of our policy concerns, must push boldly into the core of policy. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature and help to shape our identity. The arts are not a frill and should not be treated as such. They have the potential to become the driving force for healing division and divisiveness.
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to stop illegal immigration. Immigrants come here illegally from source countries where conditions prevail that encourage or even compel them to leave. Attacking the causes of illegal migration is essential and will require international cooperation.
If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms.
Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
When do any of us ever do enough?
I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.
The earth is bread we take and eat.
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative Border Patrol leaders such as Silvestre Reyes with Operation Hold the Line in El Paso. Operation Hold the Line demonstrated that a strategic use of personnel and technology can combine at our land border, as it has for many years at our airports, to reduce unauthorized crossings.
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