“I'm a daughter of the middle class with a strong sense of social mobility and individualism, like the waves of immigrants, like my Spanish grandparents, who made Argentina.” MadeStrongSocialClassMiddleDaughterWaveMiddle ClassImmigrantsIndividualismGrandparentArgentinaMobilitySocial Mobility Author:Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
“I have a very hyper-sensitive sister, and when she saw in the papers the next day that I had proclaimed myself the daughter of an immigrant, she didn't like it at all, and was with difficulty deterred from writing to the press that my father might be an immigrant, but not hers.” WritingMightNextFatherSawsPaperDaughterDifficultyPressesSensitiveImmigrantsNext DayPapersHyper Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.” CitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkDaughterTablesImmigrantsNew York CityMenus Author:Grace Meng
“Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.” Has BeensRunningFatherPresidentLandDaughterVicesChosenTonightImmigrantsVice President Author:Geraldine Ferraro
“I'll also tell you that to no less extent my mom, who was the daughter of Irish immigrants.” MomDaughterMy MomImmigrants Author:Mike Pence
“We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.” IfsMeanIdeasAmericaPastKnownPrinciplesSonDaughterConservativeImmigrationTriumphImmigrantsDedicatedOur PastTouchstonesConservingLegal ImmigrationWhat It Means To Be An American Author:Jack Kemp
“I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.” WayTryingBelieveTwoMotherGivenI BelieveParentMy OwnHusbandExpectationsDaughterRaisesRaisedChineseImmigrantsMy HusbandThis DayStrictGreatest GiftsHigh ExpectationsTwo DaughtersImmigrant Parents Author:Amy Chua
“It has given me a global vantage point, being the daughter of immigrants from China, who had nothing when they came here. And now I am leading a company. It speaks to something deep in me, the concept that you don't have to start with anything.” MotherSpeakGivenCompanyDaughterConceptsChinaImmigrantsHere And NowVantage Point Author:Andrea Jung