Political Quotes

“I also rise to advocate the passage of a clean Dream Act now. I had a youngster say to me--and I am going to tell the stories of a few of the youngsters--at an event in November, a Dreamer in Northern Virginia: ``You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.'' It is a beautiful line, as we know, from the song ``Imagine'' by John Lennon. ``You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.'' There are 800,000 Dreamers in this country--more than 800,000. More than 13,000 of the Dreamers live in Virginia, and they are from all corners of the world. I have met with Dreamers in Virginia who were originally born in Sweden, Nigeria, Latin America, many countries in Asia. They are a rainbow but also a source of strength for our country, and we need to act on their behalf. I also stand here in the Christmas spirit. We will all, so many of us, hear the retelling of the Christmas story. In the aftermath of the birth of the poor child in a manger, the story goes that he was taken by his parents to another country essentially as a refugee. There were threats of violence against the firstborn children of the land, and so he was spirited across a border into Egypt to be protected. I know many of these Dreamers, and I know so many like them.…”