Ronald Reagan: “I was pleased that Speaker O'Neill found this proposal to be an acceptable framework for bipartisan cooperation.”

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

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

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…

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.