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. . . every tree near our house had a name of its own and a special identity. This was the beginning of my love… — Ellen Glasgow
For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They have come here… — Barack Obama
This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled,… — Thomas Paine
After having produced aquatic animals of all ranks and having caused extensive variations in them by the different environments provided by the waters, nature led… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective...We haven't… — Michael Chertoff
It is wrong, and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws that we have seen...in… — William J. Clinton
I do not believe that the people of the United States are going to take people who have been here a quarter century, who have… — Newt Gingrich
Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing… — Alan Greenspan
...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance,… — George F. Kennan
Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked… — Ed Koch
We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to deal with an individual who… — Rick Perry
Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay competitive. But exactly whose competitiveness… — Ronald Reagan
Nonetheless, GAO's conclusion that employer sanctions had somehow caused employment discrimination was contradicted by GAO's own Chief of Methodology, who criticized the GAO report. ...here… — Alan K. Simpson
One of the strengths of this country has been our diversity. One of the strengths of this country has been the fact that we are… — Christine Todd Whitman
Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the spring… — Peter Mayle
In the time that I have been acquainted with this region I have become increasingly aware of it as a testament of water, the origin… — W S Merwin
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into… — Gloria Steinem
War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many years of erosion… — Queen Noor of Jordan
I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them. — Nancy Reagan
Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather have stayed home. — Carl Sagan
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. — Duke of Wellington
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad… — Benjamin Franklin
It has all been most interesting. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won. — Duke of Wellington
Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be. — Abraham Maslow

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