Taxes, after all, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

There is a clear view that families that are here, that are working, paying taxes and contributing to society ought to be able to get regularized status. On the other hand, there is a view about not rewarding illegal behavior.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

Confidence....thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.