Ronald Reagan: “The freedom to keep the fruits of one's own labor is a freedom that the present reforms seem to be enlarging.”

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

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…

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

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