On the recordFebruary 12, 1989
We can't leave people behind.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe can't leave people behind.
Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Jack F. Kemp as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Think of every problem, every challenge we face. The solution to each starts with education.
This means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.
I have always contended that. And I believe that you do not have a growing dynamic economy without the creative abilities and devotion and loyalty that immigrants bring to their country.