Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history... Immigration is not just a link to America's past; it's also a bridge to America's future.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

To the captives, 'come out,' -- and to those in darkness, 'be free.'

I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

Democrats didn't agree with policies. How do I know? Because they voted against them when they came up on the floor of the House and the Senate.

Immigrants bring to America the values of faith in God, love of family, hard work and self reliance - the values that made us a great nation to begin with. We've all seen those values in action, through the service and sacrifice of more than 35,000 foreign-born men and women currently on active duty in the United States military.