The English Language Amendment Says Above All,

America Is An Open Society, More Open Than Any Other In The World. People Of Every Race, Of Every Color, Of Every Culture Are Welcomed Here To Create A New Life For Themselves And Their Families. And What Do These People Who Enter Into The American Mainstream Have In Common? English, Our Shared Common Language.

The United States, A Land Of Immigrants From Every Corner Of The World, Has Been Strengthened And Unified Because Its Newcomers Have Historically Chosen Ultimately To Forgo Their Native Language For The English Language. We Have All Benefited From The Sharing Of Ideas, Of Cultures And Beliefs, Made Possible By A Common Language. We Have All Enriched Each Other.

The United States Is Enriched By Many Cultures, And United By A Single Common Language.

I Believe We Are Being Dishonest With Language Minority Groups If We Tell Them They Can Take Full Part In American Life Without Learning The English Language.

We Should Keep [the Panama Canal]. After All, We Stole It Fair And Square.