The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.

I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.

I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.

The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.

...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.