I think it will give us strength, I think it will promote solvency, and I think it will extend the hand of compassion to those that need it and seek it.

Nothing is more important than what we seek to do today and that is to give national recognition to the outstanding achievement in science and technology.

I am personally interested in the contributions which the Boards can make, and ask their full cooperation in the great tasks before us.

How would we feel, if we were put in the other fellow's place?

And I almost feel that I deserve one for being able to read that citation!

So instead of using the test of where the immigrant was born, I would hope that we could apply a somewhat more nondiscriminatory test.

I would hope that in establishing preferences a Nation that was really built by immigrants, immigrants from all lands, that we could ask those who seek to immigrate now: What can you do for our country?

I think that this legislation will meet all those standards.

Above all, we are Americans before we are Democrats or Republicans.

We have faith in this country and we have hope for this country.

We believe in the people of this country and their judgment.