Quotes About Heritage

There are a lot of things that immigrants, especially Chinese-Americans, want to share with their children, but there are a lot of things they don't want to share.

I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?

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

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.

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

America has long been the land of immigrants.

I'm Cuban. My parents are immigrants.

When the citizens of Baltimore banded together to repel the British during the War of 1812, three in five were immigrants, and one in five was black - some were free, some slaves.

I am the son and grandson of immigrants. And I know that securing our borders is not anti-immigrant and we will do it.

I'm child of immigrants.

We're a nation of immigrants.

I come from immigrant grandparents. The country would not be what it is if it wasn't for the immigrants in this country.

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.

Being an immigrant myself, but feeling very American, and also being the child of immigrants, I understand the feeling of wanting a home.

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

We say this is a land of immigrants, and we forget that this was a land that belonged to people. And those of us who are new immigrants and those of us who come from generations of immigrants have to realize we are not that much different from one another.

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

I'm the child of immigrants.

My parents were first-generation immigrants. My mum wore a sari but at school and as a teenager and in my 20s I wanted to fit in.

I'm the granddaughter of immigrants.

We are a nation of immigrants.

I'm the son of immigrants.

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

I grew up in a border state. I think immigration is an essential part of American history and American culture.