Today we think of Christopher Columbus--a son of Italy--as the first immigrant.

Our American Revolution is still going on and is still going to be going on, because we are still going to be changing.

Well, Daddy, that is really more information than I want on Finland.

Today we think of Columbus Day as a time for honoring not only that great explorer, but also all of those Italians whose gifts have been freely given to make this Nation great.

This is what I believe and this is what I remind you of: this echo of 1776, as I meet here with you in the Cabinet Room today to sign this proclamation.

We are very anxious, as you well know, to do anything and everything we can through every forum we can, to try to promote peace in the world.

In recognition of our debt to Columbus, the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934, requested the President to proclaim October 12 of each year as Columbus Day for the observance of the anniversary of…

New shores of promise await those who, like Columbus, push on undaunted by the failures of the past or fear of the uncharted future.

So in its short life, this Immigration Act of 1965 has brought happiness to many homes, has reunited many families that have been kept apart very cruelly for a good many years.

I don't want to pick out any individual paper, but I have observed it can be in error sometime.

Thus we honor Columbus not only as a voyager but also as a symbol of the long tradition of Italian enlightenment.

I signed a new immigration bill that we had been trying to pass for years and we had finally, successfully gotten it through both Houses.

It does not ask: 'Where were you born?' But rather it does ask: 'What skills can you perform?'''

I would like to call the name of each of you, because you mean that much to me and you have made great contributions.

The American adventure is not over.

I am considering several different people for the Attorney Generalship.

Steve Martini, who cuts my hair here at the White House and has cut the hair of Presidents for several years, is one of my most influential counselors, believe it or not.

I am having the Council of Economic Advisers study the statement that Ford released.