Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.

Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.

Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

It is extremely important that adequate provision be made for reasonable levels of income to them, for the care of the children which they must leave at home or in school, and for protection of the family unit. One of the prime objectives of the Commission on the Status of Women, which I appointed 18 months ago, is to develop a program to accomplish these purposes.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.