We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and, ultimately, self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.
[Emphases as in the spoken original, see official transcript—it was followed by a 15-second standing ovation.]
By President William Jefferson Clinton in his State of the Union address.
Not bad, when you get down to it.
Blithe Spirit 