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"We're a diverse country, and getting more diverse," said President Bush in his remarks at Ellis Island during a large swearing in ceremony for new citizens July 10, 2001. "And these virtues are what keeps this great country together. Believing in them and living by them, this great land will always be united." White House photo by Eric Draper.