Blase J. Cupich Quotes

We're a nation of immigrants.

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

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory.

America has long been the land of immigrants.

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

We are a nation of immigrants.

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

We are a nation of immigrants - all of us.

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.

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

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 Melting Pot

Our nation relies on immigrants.

America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us.

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.

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

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.

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

Immigrants are changed by the greater society. Immigrants change the greater society.

I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things.

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

We can’t pretend that we are not a nation of immigrants. We always have been. It’s been our greatest strength… The majority of babies born in this country are the children of immigrants and minorities …. No other nation on earth can handle these demographics.

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.

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

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.