Country Quote by Ed Koch

There is a huge number of people outside our borders who would love to come here. In fact, many of them come here, get…

— Alan Greenspan

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles…

— Angela Merkel

We must be welcoming to those who flee their country because of violence and abject poverty in hopes of a better future - that's…

— Deb Haaland

You have a huge number of people who spend their time writing papers which show that migrants pay more to the country than they…

— Duncan Green

...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children…

— Antonio Guterres

When you are a country that is economically well-off - we are not leaving people to live on the street without help - then…

— Erna Solberg

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are…

— Mandy Patinkin

There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if…

— Tony Abbott

This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great number of them, being…

— George F. Kennan

Many, if not most, countries blithely expect their citizens to have carte blanche access to the U.S., "land of immigrants," as a veritable human…

— Lionel Shriver

We can offer trade deals or international aid, by all means, and we should never desert asylum seekers in their time of need, but…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

For centuries, our country has welcomed people fleeing religious persecution, war and humanitarian crises to create a better future for themselves and their futures.…

— Jaime Harrison