Senator Warner attended a naturalization ceremony in Alexandria this morning for hundreds of new American citizens and their families. He urged the new citizens not to be afraid to fail and to take care to be respectful of those with different beliefs.

“Look, we can – and we often should – disagree about the big political issues of the day,” Senator Warner said. “But we should be able to disagree about issues like immigration without questioning each other’s patriotism. We should be able to discuss health care policy or education reform without calling each other names or challenging each other’s motives.

If you remember nothing else I say to you today, remember this: no one in politics has all the answers. And certainly no one has a monopoly on virtue, patriotism … or the truth.”