For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is there that can transcend deep difference and stubborn divisions? The arts. They have a wonderful universality. Art has the potential to unify. It can speak in many languages without a translator. The arts do not discriminate. The arts lift us up.