Political Quotes

“as a public servant and educator, and a mother, I think it would be a great disservice to our children to make English the official language of the land, not only because of the domestic and international ramifications that it would have, but more so for the future of our children. It is time that as Americans we understand what educators throughout the world already seem to know, that proficiency in many languages ultimately results in increased understanding of others, awareness of other cultures and traditions, and ultimately improvements in our Nation's prosperity and welfare. Today, as a nation, we stand together joined by English as our primary language, and we hold hands as a nation, where our acceptance of diversity has given us greatness. Chief Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren once said, "We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honor the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife." As a Cuban-American who immigrated to this country in 1960, I was granted the honor of living here in the United States, a nation where differences, not similarities are the norm and, most of all, a nation where for over 200 years this plural society has been the standard and where speakers of different tongues and persons of diverse cultures, ethnic backgrounds and walks of life have come with one goal: To live, persevere, and succ…”