George H.W. Bush: “I look at the changes in East Germany -- convinced me that the people's quest for freedom knows no bounds.”

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 think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…

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.