Ronald Reagan: “I have pledged that we shall not stand idly by and see that same thing happen again.”

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

America's freedom does not belong to just one nation.