Irish Prime Minister: “We were the wretched refuse on the teeming shore.” (C-SPAN)

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the White House for St. Patrick’s Day: “It’s fitting that we gather here each year to celebrate St. Patrick and his legacy. He too, of course, was an immigrant.” He also says, “The Irish believed, four decades before Lady Liberty lifted her lamp, we were the wretched refuse on the teeming shore. We believed in the shelter of America. In the compassion of America. In the opportunity of America. We came and we became Americans.” Full video here: http://cs.pn/2nzUrtg