It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.

A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.