Charles Kennedy Quotes

I mean, we must act with intelligence. We must work on this framework, so that immigration becomes an asset to both nations. Believe me, what - just the Mayor Bloomberg said here in New York, that this city would be stopped, totally stopped if it were not by the immigrants working here.

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

There has never been an immigrant group that has not contributed to America more than it has received.

We are focusing too much on the problems and forgetting about the opportunities of immigration. Let us learn from our history. Immigration has been great for Australia in the past. I believe it will be great for Australia in the future.

One of the reasons why Canadians are generally positively inclined towards immigration is we've seen over decades, over generations, that it works.

Immigrants greatly contribute to our country's economic prosperity.

Lots of migrants live in our country, and they make a significant contribution to our economy.

Although it requires some adjustment by those already here, immigration has made the U.S.A. the most prosperous nation on Earth.

It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.

Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

The main experience, I think, is that we have managed: people moving to Norway has made Norway richer, economically, but also our culture has become more rich in many ways.

As legal residents, immigrants would contribute more in taxes, spend more at our businesses, start companies of their own and create more jobs. Immigration is not a problem for us to solve but an opportunity for America to seize.

The American story is a story of immigration. I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

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.

Immigrants everywhere have been a wonderful bonus for the host countries. Sometimes it amazes me how anti-immigration feelings arise in Europe or the United States, when immigration has been wonderful for business.

America became great through immigrants... I hope that this great country will recall what has made it great.

Australia's migrant communities have built the country. It has been one of the key pillars of Australia's prosperity over generations.

Our communities have been deeply enhanced by immigration, be it of Irish Catholics across the constituency or of Muslims from Gujarat in India or from Pakistan, principally from Kashmir.

I have fought back against voices out there that want to curtail immigration, because immigration is critical to our success.

If we go the direction that many of the leaders of this country want and close the borders and discourage new immigrants, then we are ruining the possibility of new ideas and new experiences.

I think when you think about immigration, what we need to do is realize that that human capital, if put in a place to succeed, will literally sacrifice everything.

Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back.

The thing about immigrants is the people who come to this country with that kind of drive? They are risk-takers. And we need risk-takers who want to improve their lives, create jobs and do those things that add to the dynamism of our economy.

No country has been more invigorated by immigrant culture, more rewarded by immigrant labor and immigrant ideas than America.