""We, the people." It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people.""
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"One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits."
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"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."
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"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."
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"If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them."
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"I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit."
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"It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Justice of right is always to take precedence over might."
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"The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms."
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"We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility."
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"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."
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"If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce."
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"I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance."
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"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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"When do any of us ever do enough?"
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"It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision."
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"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."
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