How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community.

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.

"We, the people." It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people."

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

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

When do any of us ever do enough?

I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here lawfully. I, as chair of this commission, would not be a party to any system that I felt was an unpardonable intrusion into the private lives of people. If I felt that what we are recommending would be such an intrusion I can assure you that recommendation would never have seen the light of day, not even as a pilot program.