Colin Powell Quotes

Our country is a country where immigration is history and it is a country where immigration is destiny.

We are a nation of immigrants - all of us.

Immigration is important. We're a nation of immigrants.

America has always been a land of diversity, basically made up of immigrants, and that is something I want to see continued. It's something I'm proud of when people think of America.

We are a nation of immigrants.

I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.

America is a country of immigrants. It's what makes America unique.

We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

I'm a child of immigrants. That is the history of this country. Immigration is good and important for our country. Legal immigration needs to really be modernized.

I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.

Both my parents were immigrants, as were many of their friends, the parents of the children with whom I grew up. Of course I respect and admire immigrants and their undeniable contributions to America, as we all should.

America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.

America is made up of people who came from someplace else. Even the Native Americans came over the Bering strait... America is what it is because people came from someplace else.

Our first challenge in America today is simply to open our eyes to these changes, to discover America anew, and to explore the many ways in which the new immigration has changed the religious landscape of our cities and towns, our neighborhoods and schools.

Every immigrant, rich or poor, must add to our wealth and strength.

We are a nation of immigrants. It is immigrants who brought to this land the skills of their hands and brains to make it a beacon of opportunity and of hope for all men.

The United States has always been energized by its immigrant populations. America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants ... They have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people.

Too many people are willing to turn their backs on our immigrant past.

We have too many foreigners in France. Diversity is not working.

The world's moving; people move around the world. A lot of people coming to this country have terrific talent to bring to the country - not just in business and in the professions but in Parliament as well. And we need some failsafe system so that, right at the outset, they are aware that they have to drop any other citizenship.

America has long been the land of immigrants.

Why can't you ask people if they want more or fewer Germans or Belgians or Moroccans?

Our country is a nation of immigrants, who, for centuries, have come here, fleeing persecution, bringing their dreams, their fears, and their hopes for a better life.

We are an immigrant nation.

That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.