Locke himself best summed up his symbolic importance in his response to the State of the Union. "My grandfather came to this country from China nearly a century ago and worked as a servant," he began. "Now I serve as governor just one mile from where my grandfather worked.
駱家輝在評論布希總統的國情咨文時，這樣描述自己對移民的象徵性意義：「我的祖父大約在一個世紀前從中國移民來美，以為人幫佣維持生計。