Ronald Reagan: “The people of this country are saying that we've been on a road that they don't want to stay on.”

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

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…

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