Quotes About Opportunity

There are few countries in the world where you can go in one generation from immigrant to parliamentarian.

My parents were immigrants.

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

The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.

My parents are immigrants to this country. They came to this country for a better opportunity just like everyone else.

Being that my parents and I were immigrants to Canada, I didn't have the most lavish life growing up.

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

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

Brazil's got everything to be a great country for Brazilians and for immigrants.

America has long been the land of immigrants.

Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.

We should favor young immigrants with many years of work ahead of them. We should favor immigrants who have demonstrated an ability to learn and work using English, which makes their future success more likely.

The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.

I'm child of immigrants.

We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?

There is this real divisive theory that if we allow more immigrants to come into this country, that they're going to take our jobs. It is simply not true. Every person I know who wants to work in a hotel and change sheets can do it.

If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.

And we'll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy!

A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

Immigrants have historically been an entrepreneurial bunch.

My parents were immigrants and janitors.

Donald Trump is a champion for legal 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.