Ronald Reagan: “I want her to know I will work hard and unceasingly to protect her sons from nuclear war or any kind of war.”

America is the shining city on the hill. Welcome all who enter to follow their dreams.

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…

If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

It was a message of peace.