Tamar Jacoby People Quotations

Voters can tell the difference between people who are grandstanding and those who are trying to solve problems.

The tough-talking swagger of the kind we're hearing from people in Congress who want enforcement only is not a political winner. It won't solve problems, and it won't win votes.

When people live as marginalized temporary workers they act like marginalized temporary workers. When they get residency, they invest in themselves, get educated and learn English.

When people live as marginalized temporary workers, they act like marginalized temporary workers. When they get residency, they invest in themselves, get educated and learn English.

This deal makes moral sense. We should treat people who put down roots in a community differently than we treat the recently arrived.

It turns out some of those devilish details are giving people trouble now. And what looked like such a promising thing last week ... is turning out to be tough work.

The bishops getting involved reminds people of the whole picture. The church goes beyond the illegality and economic concerns to bring in morality concerns.

In spirit, the whole idea of the reform is for people like David Mendez, who are in essence hard-working Americans with roots in this country, so they can get on the right side of the law.

Some people are going to say it's amnesty, and others are going to say it creates a second-class caste of workers. It's a non-starter for both sides.

For the most part these are hard working, family-oriented people who want to become Americans we should find a way for them to earn their way onto the right side of the law.

Once upon a time, there was a clear set of choices that people made. Now there are so many choices of how to think, how to define ourselves.