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720 Immigration quotes by 350 unique authors

It says something about our country that people around the world are willing to leave their homes and leave their families and risk everything to… — George W. Bush
The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty. — Thomas Paine
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our western country, the… — George Washington
I've always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world. — Alan Greenspan
Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and… — Edward Kennedy
When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose… — David Petraeus
Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in… — Thomas Jefferson
Wide open and unguarded stand our gates And through them presses a wild motley throng Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featureless figures… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live. — Henry Ford
Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my… — Benjamin Franklin
I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book that has a particle of… — Denis Kearney
Either the Anglo-Saxon race will possess the Pacific slope or the Mongolians will possess it. We have this day to choose... whether legislation shall be… — James G. Blaine
The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents. — James Madison
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for,… — George Washington
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections,… — Benjamin Franklin
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
[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw off, it will… — Thomas Jefferson
Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe… — Alexander Hamilton
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his… — Calvin Coolidge
We have the most generous immigration policy, but what is a concern is when illegal immigrants come and undermine a variety of the systems that… — Madeleine Albright
In my view, immigrants today aren't any different from immigrants who have come to America throughout our nation's history. They bring new ideas, an entrepreneurial… — Dick Armey
What I'm talking about is the order of deportation, the sequence of deportation. It is almost impossible to move 11 million illegal immigrants overnight. You… — Michele Bachmann
We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea… — Jack Kemp
Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I don't think that any country… — Zbigniew Brzezinski

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